Tire Condition Detection Device

• US 20070296568A1
• Filed: 10/03/2005
• Published: 12/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yokohama Rubber Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Yokohama Rubber Company Limited
• Inventors: Uehara, Tsuyoshi
• Application Number:
  US11/662,427
• Publication Number:
  US 20070296568A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/446
• 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 23/0432 using vehicle structural parts as signal path, e.g. chassis, axle or fender
• 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

A tire condition detection device is arranged such that a tire condition detection signal detected on a tire side of a vehicle is received by a receiving antenna and entered into a receiver on the vehicle body side of the vehicle. The receiving antenna and the receiver are electrically connected to each other via a metal part of the vehicle. The tire condition detection signal received by the receiving antenna is transmitted to the receiver via the metal part used as a waveguide.

Claims

1. A tire condition detection device in which a tire condition detection signal detected on a tire side of a vehicle is received by a receiving antenna and entered into a receiver on a vehicle body side of the vehicle, the device having a waveguide comprising a metal part of the vehicle, the receiving antenna and the receiver being electrically connected to each other via the metal part, the tire condition detection signal received by the receiving antenna being transmitted to the receiver via the metal part.

2. A tire condition detection device according to claim 1, comprising a filter for picking up the tire condition detection signal, the metal part being electrically connected to the receiver via the filter.

3. A tire condition detection device according to claim 2, wherein the filter includes a capacitor connected to the metal part and a band-pass filter connected to the capacitor.

4. A tire condition detection device according to claim 2, wherein the filter comprises a surface acoustic wave filter.

5. A tire condition detection device according to any one of claim 1, wherein the metal part comprises a chassis frame of the vehicle body.

6. A tire condition detection device according to any one of claim 1, having a tire side attachment unit comprising a sensor for detecting a physical value of the tire as the tire condition detection signal, and a transmitter and transmitting antenna for transmitting the tire condition detection signal detected by the sensor to the vehicle body side.