Device for automatic tire inflation and tire pressure display

• US 6,966,220 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2004
• Issued: 11/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Partner Tech Corp.
• Original Assignee: Partner Tech Corp.
• Inventors: Yueh, Wen Hsiang
• Primary Examiner(s): Lefkowitz, Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): ALLEN, ANDRE J
• Application Number:
  US10/813,048
• Publication Number:
  US 20050217360A1
• Time in Patent Office: 601 Days
• Field of Search: 731/46, 731/462, 731/465, 152/415, 137/224, 340/442
• US Class Current: 73/146
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/001 Devices for manually or automatically controlling or distributing tyre pressure whilst the vehicle is moving
• 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: G01L 17/00 Devices or apparatus for measuring tyre pressure or the pressure in other inflated bodies
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/36 With pressure-responsive pressure-control means

Abstract

A device for automatic tire inflation and tire pressure display has a tire pressure measurement unit, a tire temperature sensor (a thermometer) and a gradienter for measuring the tire balance. The tire pressure measurement unit has a tire pressure measurement unit, a voltage regulating circuit of power source, a microprocessor control unit, a wireless transceiving module and an inflation/deflation control component. The tire pressure measurement unit measures the tire pressure value of a tested tire. The tire pressure value is then wirelessly displayed on a display unit in a vehicle so that the user can know the present status of a tire. The user can also maneuver a function key to select an operation according to the displayed data and send this message to the tire room to execute inflation or deflation of the tire.

Claims

1. A device for automatic tire inflation and tire pressure display, comprising:

a tire pressure measurement unit for detecting a tire pressure value of a tested tire and wirelessly displaying said tire pressure value on a display unit in a vehicle, allowing a user to maneuver a function key and select an operation according to data displayed on said display unit and send a selected operation message to a tire room to execute tire inflation or deflation;

a tire temperature sensor disposed in said tire room and used to measure a temperature of said tire for wirelessly displaying on said display unit in the vehicle via said tire pressure measurement unit, allowing the user to know a present temperature status thereof; and

a gradienter disposed in said tire room and used to measure a balance of said tire for wirelessly displaying on said display unit in the vehicle via said tire pressure measurement unit, allowing the user to know a present balance status thereof.

2. The device for automatic tire inflation and tire pressure display as claimed in claim 1, wherein said tire pressure measurement unit comprises:

a voltage regulating circuit of a power source for providing working voltages for subassemblies;

a wireless transceiving module;

an inflation/deflation control component; and

a first microprocessor control unit connected to said voltage regulating circuit of power source, said wireless transceiving module and said inflation/deflation control component, said first microprocessor control unit being used to process measured signal data and send out said measured signal data wirelessly via said wireless transceiving module or receive signals from said wireless transceiving module for operation of said inflation/deflation control component.