Air pressure detection device

• US 7,146,852 B2
• Filed: 11/10/2004
• Issued: 12/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fuji Heavy Industries Limited (Subaru Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Heavy Industries Limited (Subaru Corp.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Akira
• Primary Examiner(s): NOORI, MAX H
• Application Number:
  US10/984,999
• Publication Number:
  US 20050097948A1
• Time in Patent Office: 762 Days
• Field of Search: 731/46
• US Class Current: 73/146
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0416 allocating a corresponding wheel position on vehicle, e.g. front/left or rear/right

Abstract

Speed detecting sections 8 which detect the speeds of the respective wheels 2 at the hub sides of the axles 7 are provided, and by comparing the speeds of the respective wheels 2 detected by the speed detecting sections 8 for each two wheels 2 on each axle 7, the speed deflections of the axles 7 are calculated, and from comparison between the speed deflections, the axle 7 with the larger speed deflection between the axles 7 is judged as a pressure lowered tire existing axle. Between two wheels 2 on the pressure lowered tire existing axle, a tire 5 of the wheels 2 with the higher speed is judged as the pressure lowered tire.

Claims

1. An air pressure detection device, comprising:

pressure detecting sections respectively disposed on four wheels for detecting air pressures in tires;

a receiving section disposed on a vehicle body side for receiving tire pressure values transmitted from the pressure detecting sections;

speed detecting sections respectively disposed on hub sides of axles for detecting the speeds of the four wheels;

a speed deflection calculating section for calculating speed deflections of the front and rear axles by comparing the speeds of the wheels detected for each left and right wheel on the front and rear axle; and

a pressure lowered tire position judging section for judging an axle with a larger speed deflection between the front and rear axles as a pressure lowered tire existing axle by comparing the speed deflections and for judging a tire of a wheel with the higher speed between the two wheels on the pressure lowered tire existing axle as a pressure lowered tire.

2. The air pressure detection device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a pressure lowering informing section for informing a driver of positional information and an air pressure information of the pressure lowered tire when the tire pressure value of the tire judged as the pressure lowered tire is lower than a predetermined tire pressure alarming value.

3. The air pressure detection device according to claim 1, wherein the speed detecting sections comprise speed detectors of an anti-lock braking system.

4. The air pressure detection device according to claim 2, wherein the speed detecting sections comprise speed detectors of an anti-lock braking system.

9. The air pressure detection device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a pressure lowered state judging section for judging a number of pressure lowered tires by comparing the pressure values detected in the pressure detecting sections.

11. The air pressure detection device according to claim 9, wherein the number of pressure lowered tires is determined as only one tire when the difference between the lowest tire pressure and the second lowest tire pressure is greater than 0.2 bar, and the difference between the second lowest tire pressure and the highest tire pressure is less than 0.2 bar.

13. The air pressure detection device according to claim 1, wherein the speed deflection calculating section calculates a front axle speed deflection equal to the difference between the higher front wheel speed of the front axle and the lower front wheel speed of the front axle, divided by the lower front wheel speed of the front axle, and

wherein the speed deflection calculating section calculates a rear axle speed deflection equal to the difference between the higher rear wheel speed of the rear axle and the lower rear wheel speed of the rear axle, divided by the lower rear wheel speed of the rear axle.

5. An air pressure detection device, comprising:

pressure detecting means respectively disposed on four wheels for detecting air pressures in tires;

receiving means disposed on a vehicle body side for receiving tire pressure values transmitted from the pressure detecting means;

speed detecting means respectively disposed on hub sides of axles for detecting the speeds of the four wheels;

speed deflection calculating means for calculating speed deflections of the front and rear axles by comparing the speeds of the wheels detected for each left and right wheel on the front and rear axle; and

pressure lowered tire position judging means for judging an axle with a larger speed deflection between the front and rear axles as a pressure lowered tire existing axle by comparing the speed deflections, and for judging a tire of a wheel with the higher speed between the two wheels on the pressure lowered tire existing axle as a pressure lowered tire.

6. The air pressure detection device according to claim 5, further comprising:

pressure lowering informing means for informing a driver of positional information and an air pressure information of the pressure lowered tire when the tire pressure value of the tire judged as the pressure lowered tire is lower than a predetermined tire pressure alarming value.

7. The air pressure detection device according to claim 5, wherein the speed detecting means comprises speed detector of an anti-lock braking system.

8. The air pressure detection device according to claim 6, wherein the speed detecting means comprises speed detector of an anti-lock braking system.

10. The air pressure detection device according to claim 5, further comprising:

pressure lowered state judging means for judging a number of pressure lowered tires by comparing the pressure values detected in the pressure detecting sections.

12. The air pressure detection device according to claim 10, wherein the number of pressure lowered tires is determined as only one tire when the difference between the lowest tire pressure and the second lowest tire pressure is greater than 0.2 bar, and the difference between the second lowest tire pressure and the highest tire pressure is less than 0.2 bar.

14. The air pressure detection device according to claim 5, wherein the speed deflection calculating means calculates a front axle speed deflection equal to the difference between the higher front wheel speed of the front axle and the lower front wheel speed of the front axle, divided by the lower front wheel speed of the front axle, and

wherein the speed deflection calculating means calculates a rear axle speed deflection equal to the difference between the higher rear wheel speed of the rear axle and the lower rear wheel speed of the rear axle, divided by the lower rear wheel speed of the rear axle.