Method for learning and setting warm placard pressure threshold for a direct tire pressure monitoring system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8514062
APP PUB NO 20120007729A1
SERIAL NO

12833361

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A method for setting a warm placard tire pressure threshold for a motor vehicle tire pressure monitoring system that initiates a learn mode in the tire pressure monitoring system, starts a timer upon determining a vehicle speed is greater than a predetermined speed threshold, stops the timer upon determining the vehicle speed is less than or equal to the predetermined speed threshold or a predetermined period of time has expired, detects a plurality of tire pressures for a tire location while the timer is timing, stores the plurality of tire pressures, averages the plurality of tire pressures to determine a warm placard tire pressure threshold upon the predetermined period of time expiring, and sets the warm placard tire pressure threshold in the tire pressure monitoring system.

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  • FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.;FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
McQuade, Thomas Michael Ann Arbor, US 24 706
Patel, Dilip B Novi, US 30 293
Swadling, Greg Milford, US 11 71
Weinfurther, Jim Michael Farmington, US 5 48

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