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Method and device for detecting a detached tire

  • US 6,789,006 B2
  • Filed: 08/19/2002
  • Issued: 09/07/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for detecting a tire that has become detached from a vehicle, comprising:

  • an arrangement for detecting rotational movements of wheels and generating a plurality of first quantities that are functions of the rotational movements that are detected;

    a comparison arrangement in which at least one comparison involving the first quantities is performed;

    an evaluation arrangement for providing a signal that is output as a function of an output of the at least one comparison; and

    a sorting arrangement for performing, prior to the at least one comparison, a sorting operation in which at least two of the first quantities are sorted by value, wherein;

    the detached tire is detected as a function of the signal output by the evaluation arrangement.

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