Tire monitoring via an electromagnetic path including the ground plan of a vehicle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5663496
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08466219

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The present invention relates to a method and system for monitoring a parameter of a vehicle tire. In one embodiment, a detector unit disposed within the tire communicates with a central receiver unit over an electromagnetic path comprising one or more conductive components of the vehicle. Other embodiments of the invention include additional communications links for receiving information from and controlling the detector unit and the receiver.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • DR. ING. H.C.F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT;FORD MOTOR COMPANY;FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD.;GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION;MCLAUGHLIN GROUP, INC.;NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.;AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO.;BMW OF NORTH AMERICA LLC;HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA;JAGUAR LAND ROVER NORTH AMERICA LLC;MCLAUGHLIN ELECTRONICS;MHL TEK, LLC;MITSUBISHI MOTORS NORTH AMERICA, INC.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Handfield, Michael Rochester, MI 36 1637
Laliberte, Helene Rochester, MI 37 1666

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