System For Monitoring Condition Of Wheel

• US 20070198150A1
• Filed: 03/08/2005
• Published: 08/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Kato, Manabu, Fujioka, Eiji
• Application Number:
  US10/592,512
• Publication Number:
  US 20070198150A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/37
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0408 transmitting the signals by non-mechanical means from the wheel or tyre to a vehicle body mounted receiver
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0444 Antenna structures, control or arrangements thereof, e.g. for directional antennas, diversity antenna, antenna multiplexing or antennas integrated in fenders

Abstract

To provide a system for monitoring the condition of a wheel that has a high mountability and can adequately transmit and receive measurement information about a wheel using radio wave transmission. A system for monitoring the condition of a wheel 7 includes: a measurement section 5 that obtains measurement information about the wheel 7; and a transmitter section 5b that transmits by radio the measurement information obtained by the measurement section 5, which are located on the side of the wheel 7; and a receiver section 2 that receives the measurement information transmitted by radio from the transmitter section 5b; and an information processing section 6 that determines the condition of the wheel 7 based on the measurement information S2a received by the receiver section 2, which are located on the side of a vehicle body, in which a transmitting antenna 4 that transmits by radio the measurement information S0 using a polarized wave that is in parallel with the rotational axis of the wheel 7 is provided on the side of the wheel 7, and a receiving antenna 1 sensitive to a polarized radio wave that is perpendicular to the direction of travel of the vehicle and in parallel with the ground is provided on the side of the vehicle body.

Claims

1. A system for monitoring the condition of a wheel, comprising:

a measurement section that obtains measurement information about the wheel, which is located on the side of the wheel;

a transmitter section that transmits by radio the measurement information obtained by said measurement section, which is located on the side of the wheel;

a receiver section that receives the measurement information transmitted by radio from said transmitter section, which is located on the side of a vehicle body; and

an information processing section that determines the condition of said wheel based on said measurement information received by said receiver section, which is located on the side of the vehicle body,

wherein a transmitting antenna that transmits by radio said measurement information using a polarized wave that is in parallel with the rotational axis of said wheel is provided on the side of the wheel, and

a receiving antenna sensitive to a polarized radio wave that is perpendicular to the direction of travel of the vehicle and in parallel with the ground is provided on the side of the vehicle body.

2. The system for monitoring the condition of a wheel according to claim 1,

further comprising a signal line for transmitting a detection signal output from an external device that detects the rotation of said wheel,

wherein said receiving antenna is disposed along said signal line.

3. The system for monitoring the condition of a wheel according to claim 1,

wherein said receiver section is disposed at a position closer to said wheel than said information processing section.

4. The system for monitoring the condition of a wheel according to claim 2,

wherein said receiver section receives said measurement information transmitted by radio and superimposes said received measurement information on said detection signal output from said external device.

5. The system for monitoring the condition of a wheel according to claim 2,

wherein said receiver section receives said measurement information transmitted by radio and combines said received measurement information with said detection signal output from said external device.

6. The system for monitoring the condition of a wheel according to claim 2,

wherein said receiving antenna has an overall length that is a quarter of the wavelength of said radio wave.

7. The system for monitoring the condition of a wheel according to claim 2,

wherein said receiving antenna has an overall length that is ⅜

or ⅝

of the wavelength of said radio wave.

8. The system for monitoring the condition of a wheel according to claim 4,

wherein said receiver section receives said measurement information transmitted by radio, modulates the frequency of the signal carrying said received measurement information to a lower frequency, and superimposes the signal on said detection signal output from said external device.

9. The system for monitoring the condition of a wheel according to claim 5,

wherein said receiver section receives said measurement information transmitted by radio, modulates the frequency of the signal carrying said received measurement information to a lower frequency, and combines the signal with said detection signal output from said external device.

10. The system for monitoring the condition of a wheel according to claim 1,

wherein said receiving antenna is disposed along a drive shaft.