Portable remote controller for tire status detector

• US 20090079652A1
• Filed: 03/03/2008
• Published: 03/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pacific Industrial Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Pacific Industrial Company Limited
• Inventors: Kawase, Shinichi, Takeyama, Takashi, Aoyama, Syuji
• Granted Patent: US 7,557,766 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 343/788
• 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 23/0433 Radio signals

Abstract

A portable remote controller for a tire status detector, includes a portable casing, a transmission circuit disposed in the casing, a low-pass filter disposed at an output side of the transmission circuit for permitting a signal with a frequency of not more than the first frequency to pass through the low-pass filter, a receiving circuit disposed in the casing, a high-pass filter disposed at an input side of the receiving circuit for permitting a signal with a frequency of not less than the second frequency to pass through the high-pass filter, a ferrite bar antenna housed in the casing and having a ferrite bar wound with an antenna coil, the antenna coil having two terminals, one of which being connected to the ground and the other being connected in common to the low-pass and high-pass filers and a duplexer composed of the low-pass and high-pass filters. The ferrite bar antenna is used both for transmission of the long wave signals and for receipt of the ultra high frequency signals.

Claims

1. A portable remote controller for a tire status detector, which transmits a long wave signal with a first frequency to the tire status detector mounted on a wheel so that air pressure of a tire is detected, and which receives an ultra high frequency signal with a second frequency from the tire status detector, thereby displaying a result of detection of the tire air pressure contained in the ultra high frequency signal, the portable remote controller comprising:

a portable casing;

a transmission circuit provided in the casing and having an output side;

a low-pass filter provided at the output side of the transmission circuit for permitting only a signal with a frequency of not more than the first frequency to pass therethrough;

a receiving circuit provided in the casing and having an input side;

a high-pass filter provided at the input side of the receiving circuit for permitting only a signal with a frequency of not less than the second frequency to pass therethrough;

a ferrite bar antenna housed in the casing and having a ferrite bar wound with an antenna coil, the antenna coil having two terminals, one of which being connected to the ground and the other being connected in common to the low-pass and high-pass filers; and

a duplexer composed of the low-pass and high-pass filters, wherein the ferrite bar antenna is used both for transmission of the long wave signals and for receipt of the ultra high frequency signals.

2. The portable remote controller according to claim 1, wherein the antenna coil has an intermediate position and a coil part from the intermediate position to the duplexer side terminal thereof, the controller further comprising a matching circuit which is connected so as to bypass between the intermediate position of the antenna coil and the duplexer side terminal of the antenna coil, the matching circuit matching the coil part of the antenna coil with the duplexer at the second frequency.

3. The portable remote controller according to claim 1, wherein the ferrite bar has a prismatic shape and includes a longer axis part and a shorter axis part, and the antenna coil includes a longer axis coil constituting a part thereof and wound about the longer axis part of the ferrite bar and a shorter axis coil constituting another part thereof and wound about the shorter axis part of the ferrite bar, the shorter axis coil being capable of matching the duplexer at the second frequency, the portable remote controller further comprising an LC series circuit parallel-connected with the shorter axis coil and a capacitor, the LC series circuit series-connected with the longer axis coil between a ground and the duplexer.

4. The portable remote controller according to claim 1, further comprising a gap defining member covering an outer surface of the ferrite bar inside the antenna coil.

5. The portable remote controller according to claim 2, further comprising a gap defining member covering an outer surface of the ferrite bar inside the antenna coil.

6. The portable remote controller according to claim 3, further comprising a gap defining member covering an outer surface of the ferrite bar inside the antenna coil.

7. The portable remote controller according to claim 1, further comprising an operation switch provided on an outer surface of the casing for delivering the long wave signal, and a human body contact face which is provided on the operation switch so as to be disposed substantially in parallel with a coil axis of the antenna coil of the ferrite bar antenna.

8. The portable remote controller according to claim 2, further comprising an operation switch provided on an outer surface of the casing for delivering the long wave signal, and a human body contact face which is provided on the operation switch so as to be disposed substantially in parallel with a coil axis of the antenna coil of the ferrite bar antenna.

9. The portable remote controller according to claim 3, further comprising an operation switch provided on an outer surface of the casing for delivering the long wave signal, and a human body contact face which is provided on the operation switch so as to be disposed substantially in parallel with a coil axis of the antenna coil of the ferrite bar antenna.

10. The portable remote controller according to claim 4, further comprising an operation switch provided on an outer surface of the casing for delivering the long wave signal, and a human body contact face which is provided on the operation switch so as to be disposed substantially in parallel with a coil axis of the antenna coil of the ferrite bar antenna.

11. The portable remote controller according to claim 5, further comprising an operation switch provided on an outer surface of the casing for delivering the long wave signal, and a human body contact face which is provided on the operation switch so as to be disposed substantially in parallel with a coil axis of the antenna coil of the ferrite bar antenna.

12. The portable remote controller according to claim 6, further comprising an operation switch provided on an outer surface of the casing for delivering the long wave signal, and a human body contact face which is provided on the operation switch so as to be disposed substantially in parallel with a coil axis of the antenna coil of the ferrite bar antenna.