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Mechanical transmission of data to an electronic device in a tire

  • US 7,006,946 B1
  • Filed: 09/02/2004
  • Issued: 02/28/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of transmitting data to a tire electronics device, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a tire;

    providing a tire electronics device, the tire electronics device comprising a microcontroller portion, a memory portion, and a vibration sensor portion, the vibration sensor portion producing signals proportional to sensed vibration;

    associating the tire electronics device with the tire such that vibration sensor portion of the tire electronics is responsive to vibration induced in the tire;

    configuring the microcontroller portion of the tire electronics to monitor signals produced by the vibration sensor portion and to identify one or more predetermined signal sequences; and

    inducing vibrations into the tire corresponding to one or more of the predetermined signal sequences.

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