VEHICLE TIRE MONITORING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A multi-tire vehicle tire monitoring system comprising:
- a plurality of tire monitoring units mounted to measure at least one measured tire parameter of a respective tire on a vehicle and transmit measured tire parameter data responsive to the tire parameter measurement;
a plurality of antennae for receiving the measured tire parameter data from tire monitoring units within a respectively assigned zone of tires of the vehicle, each zone comprising a plurality of tires, and communicating the received measured tire parameter data to a data processing unit, each antenna fixedly mounted in an operable spatial relationship to a respective assigned zone of tires;
a display unit operatively coupled to the vehicle data processing unit to visually indicate to a user a status of measured tire parameters of tires by zone.
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Abstract
A multi-tire vehicle tire monitoring system includes a plurality of tire monitoring units mounted to measure at least one measured tire parameter of a respective tire on a vehicle and transmit measured tire parameter data responsive to the tire parameter measurement. The system further includes antennae for receiving the measured tire parameter data from tire monitoring units within a respectively assigned zone of tires of the vehicle, each zone encompassing a plurality of tires, and communicating the received measured tire parameter data to a data processing unit. Each antenna is fixedly mounted in an operable spatial relationship to a respective assigned zone of tires. A display may be operatively coupled to the vehicle data processing unit to visually indicate to a user a status of measured tire parameters of tires by zone.
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20 Claims
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1. A multi-tire vehicle tire monitoring system comprising:
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a plurality of tire monitoring units mounted to measure at least one measured tire parameter of a respective tire on a vehicle and transmit measured tire parameter data responsive to the tire parameter measurement; a plurality of antennae for receiving the measured tire parameter data from tire monitoring units within a respectively assigned zone of tires of the vehicle, each zone comprising a plurality of tires, and communicating the received measured tire parameter data to a data processing unit, each antenna fixedly mounted in an operable spatial relationship to a respective assigned zone of tires; a display unit operatively coupled to the vehicle data processing unit to visually indicate to a user a status of measured tire parameters of tires by zone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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7. The vehicle system of clam 6, wherein the display unit separately indicates to a user the status of measured tire parameters of tires within the steer tire zone and the drive tire zone.
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13. A multi-tire vehicle tire monitoring system comprising:
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a vehicle comprising a trailer unit and a tractor unit and having a plurality of drive tires and a plurality of steer tires forming a drive tire zone and a steer tire zone; a plurality of tire monitoring units mounted to respectively measure at least one measured tire parameter of tires within a respective one of the drive tire and steer tire zones of the vehicle and transmit measured tire parameter data responsive to the tire parameter measurement; a plurality of antennae, each for respectively receiving the measured tire parameter data from the tire monitoring units within the drive tire and steer tire zones, respectively, and communicating the received measured tire parameter data to a data processing unit, each antenna fixedly mounted in an operable spatial relationship to a respective tire zone; and a display operatively coupled to the vehicle data processing unit to visually indicate to a user a status of measured tire parameters of tires by drive and steer tire zone designation. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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