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Vehicle tyre monitoring system

  • US 4,760,371 A
  • Filed: 10/27/1987
  • Issued: 07/26/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vehicle tyre monitoring system for a vehicle having wheels on opposite sides thereof, comprising a sensor fixedly mounted on the vehicle body adjacent the tyre, within a wheel arch for the tyre and continuously directly facing and spaced from a portion of a side wall of the tyre that turns relative to the fixed sensor, and adapted to sense heat radiated from the tyre at a point remote from said tyre, means for determining an expected temperature norm, substantially below critical tyre temperature, in the vicinity of the tyre, means for simultaneously comparing the sensed heat and the norm, and means for generating an alarm when the comparison indicates a significant deviation, wherein the sensor is on the inboard side of the wheel arch, facing the inner side wall of the tyre.

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