TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR STORGE UNIT AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A method for storing at least one tire pressure sensor that is adapted to sense the pressure to which a tire carried by a wheel is inflated and transmit a signal to a computer which is indicative of the tire pressure sensed, said method comprising the steps of:
- removing the at least one tire pressure sensor from the wheel on which the tire is carried;
relocating the tire pressure sensor to a tire pressure sensor storage unit; and
pressurizing said storage unit so that the tire pressure sensor is stored under a pressure greater than ambient pressure.
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Abstract
A tire pressure sensor storage unit and method by which tire pressure sensors which have been removed from the original wheels installed on a motor vehicle are stored. The storage unit is pressurized from a source of gas (e.g., air) so that the tire pressure sensors can be maintained at a pressure corresponding to the normal operating pressure of the tires associated with the wheels from which the sensors have been removed. The tire pressure sensors are located within respective storage chambers of the storage unit. The storage chambers are covered by a flexible, optically-transparent chamber cover that is adapted to permit signals generated by the tire pressure sensors to be transmitted to an onboard computer of the motor vehicle so as to avoid low tire pressure warning messages being sent to the vehicle operator.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for storing at least one tire pressure sensor that is adapted to sense the pressure to which a tire carried by a wheel is inflated and transmit a signal to a computer which is indicative of the tire pressure sensed, said method comprising the steps of:
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removing the at least one tire pressure sensor from the wheel on which the tire is carried; relocating the tire pressure sensor to a tire pressure sensor storage unit; and pressurizing said storage unit so that the tire pressure sensor is stored under a pressure greater than ambient pressure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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- 11. A tire pressure sensor storage unit for storing at least one tire pressure sensor that has been removed from a wheel which carries a tire, said tire pressure sensor adapted to sense the pressure to which the tire is inflated and transmit a signal to a computer which is indicative of the tire pressure sensed prior to the removal of said sensor from the wheel, said storage unit comprising a storage chamber in which to receive said tire pressure sensor and means by which to pressurize said storage unit so that said tire pressure sensor within said storage chamber is held under a pressure greater than ambient pressure.
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