Method and system for detecting the presence of a spare replacement in a tire pressure monitoring system for an automotive vehicle

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PATENT NO 6985076
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10064694

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A tire pressure monitoring system (12) for a vehicle (10) has a plurality of tires (14a, b, c and d) in respective rolling locations and a spare tire (14e) generating a spare tire identification. A controller (22) starts the timer (44) and sets a tire status to a rolling status, a pending rolling status, a spare status or a pending spare status in response to the timer and the vehicle speed. The controller (22) stores the status and the spare tire identification in the memory.

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  • FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bennie, Brian Sterling Heights, MI 125 2224
McQuade, Thomas Michael Ann Arbor, MI 24 703
Miller, Thomas Lee Ann Arbor, MI 86 2064
Porter, Frederick James Farmington Hills, MI 7 308
Shah, Leena Bloomfield Township, MI 5 80

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