Patent ID: 7889064
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: B60C,G01L

Abstract:
1. A combined tire pressure gauge and remote tire pressure display, comprising: a housing; a port in the housing adapted to couple to a vehicle tire valve stem and to open a valve in the valve stem; a chamber in physical communication with the port; a local pressure transducer in the chamber for detecting a pressure of a fluid within the vehicle tire and providing an output signal representative of the detected pressure; a wireless receiver in the housing for receiving a signal identifying a tire pressure sensor and providing a detected tire pressure and for providing an output signal; a processor in the housing for receiving the output signal from the pressure transducer and the output signal from the wireless receiver, and for providing a processor output signal indicative of an identified tire and a value of the detected pressure, in a remote tire display mode, and for providing a processor output signal indicative of a detected tire pressure, in a tire pressure gauge mode; a display on a face of the housing coupled to the processor for providing a visible indication of detected pressure value and identified tire in accordance with the processor output signal in the remote tire display mode, and for providing a visible indication of detected pressure value in the tire pressure gauge mode in a second orientation different from the first orientation; and wherein the display provides the visible indication in the remote tire display mode in a first orientation, and provides the visible indication of detected pressure value in the tire pressure gauge mode in a second orientation different from the first orientation.