Patent ID: 9120357
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
1. A method of integrating a tire pressure monitoring sensor with a tire pressure monitoring system of a vehicle, comprising the steps of: establishing a first communication link between a portable mobile wireless device disposed outside the vehicle and moveable outside the vehicle by a user to different tires of the vehicle and a low frequency transmission device disposed outside the vehicle, and establishing a second communication link between the low frequency transmission device and a tire pressure monitoring sensor disposed at the vehicle tire, the communication link including a low frequency transmission device, the portable mobile wireless device being configured to selectively couple and de couple to the low frequency transmission device; and transmitting a signal through the first communication link and the second communication link to program the tire pressure monitoring sensor and cause the tire pressure monitoring sensor to communicate with a tire pressure monitoring system of a vehicle; generating a third communication link between the low frequency transmission device and an electronic control unit disposed within the vehicle, further comprising the step of downloading the identification information of the tire pressure monitoring sensor through the first and second communication links formed between the portable mobile wireless device and tire pressure monitoring sensor, programming the portable mobile wireless device with software capable of determining a suitable program software for a tire pressure monitoring sensor of a particular vehicle; selecting a suitable program software from a database of program software with the portable mobile wireless device based upon identification information of the vehicle; and causing the tire pressure monitoring sensor to operate according to the selected suitable program software, wherein the identification information comprises the vehicle make, model, year of manufacture, vehicle identification number or combination thereof, wherein the portable mobile wireless device includes a user interface for initiating communication with a tire pressure monitoring sensor, communication with an electronic control unit of a vehicle, or both.