Tire pressure detecting apparatus and monitoring apparatus

• US 5,814,725 A
• Filed: 08/13/1997
• Issued: 09/29/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujikura Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujikura Limited
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Masaaki, Fukada, Kazutoshi, Ohshita, Saiichiro, Furuichi, Kenji, Goto, Moritaka
• Primary Examiner(s): Oen, William L.
• Application Number:
  US08/910,785
• Time in Patent Office: 412 Days
• Field of Search: 73/146.3, 73/146.4, 73/146.5, 73/715, 73/745, 200/61.25, 338/32 H, 340/442, 340/445, 340/448
• US Class Current: 73/146.5
• 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 23/0425 Means comprising permanent magnets, e.g. Hall-effect or Reed-switches

Abstract

A tire pressure detector of an automobile, comprises a magnet having N and S poles and rotated in accordance with a pneumatic pressure in a tire, the N and S poles being rotatable in reverse, detecting means, arranged opposite to the magnet, for detecting magnetism and outputting a voltage signal changed to different magnetism level in accordance with rotation of the magnet, and determining means for comparing the voltage signal with a positive or negative threshold value and determining whether the pneumatic pressure in the tire is within a suitable range, based on a polarity of the voltage signal represented by a comparison result.

Claims

1. A tire pressure detector of an automobile, comprising:

a magnet having N and S poles and rotated by a pneumatic pressure in a tire to revolve the N and S poles;

detecting means, arranged opposite to the magnet, for detecting magnetism and outputting a voltage signal changed to different magnetism level in accordance with rotation of the magnet; and

determining means for comparing the voltage signal with a positive or negative threshold value and determining whether the pneumatic pressure in the tire is within a suitable range, based on a polarity of the voltage signal represented by a comparison result.

4. The tire pressure detector according to claim 1, further comprising a second determining means which determines when the detector is out of order when the voltage signal does not represent a positive polarity or a negative polarity.

2. A tire pressure detector of an automobile, comprising:

a magnet having N and S poles and rotated by a pneumatic pressure in a tire to revolve the N and S poles;

detecting means, arranged opposite to the magnet, for detecting magnetism and outputting a voltage signal at the N and S poles on a level corresponding to a rotation angle of the magnet; and

calculating means for calculating the pneumatic pressure in the tire based on a ratio of a positive peak value to a negative peak value of the voltage signal.

3. The tire pressure detector according to claim 2, further comprising determining means for determining accurately an inner pressure of the tire on the basis of a result of a calculation performed by the calculation means.