Patent ID: 6927680
Filing Date: 2005-08-09
Classification: B60C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A wheel-identification-data registration assisting apparatus operable with a system including a body-side device disposed on a body of a vehicle and a plurality of wheel-side devices disposed on respective wheels of the vehicle, said apparatus being operable to assist said system in an operation associated with registration in said body-side device of information corresponding to wheel identification data which identify each of said plurality of wheel-side devices and which are transmitted from said each wheel-side device, said wheel-identification-data registration assisting apparatus comprising: a plurality of wheel-identification-data registration assisting devices operable to assist said system in at least a portion of the operation associated with said registration of the information corresponding to said wheel identification data in said body-side device, each of said plurality of wheel-identification-data registration assisting devices including a signal transmitting portion operable to effect at least one-way transmission of a signal between a corresponding one of said plurality of wheel-side devices and said signal transmitting portion, said each wheel-identification-data registration assisting device being operable when said signal transmitting portion is located close to said corresponding one wheel-side device; a relative-movement device operable to move said signal transmitting portion and said corresponding one wheel-side device relative to each other; and an assisting-device control device operable to control said plurality of wheel-identification-data registration assisting devices, and said relative-movement device, wherein said signal transmitting portion is provided outside the vehicle.