Patent ID: 9278588
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: B60C,G05D,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: decreasing the pressure within at least one tire of a vehicle when the vehicle is moving, the decreasing in response to a first condition change; capturing an amount of fluid from the at least one tire during the decreasing; and using the amount of fluid to increase the pressure within the at least one tire in response to a second condition change different than the first condition change, wherein the first condition change is detected by a forward road sensing sensor mounted to the vehicle which detects a road disturbance by monitoring an area of the road that is forward of the vehicle, wherein the road disturbance is an irregularity in a surface of the road that exceeds a threshold level, and wherein the pressure in the at least one tire of the vehicle is decreased before the vehicle moves across the disturbance and increased after the vehicle has moved past the disturbance.