Patent ID: 7899590
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: B60C,G01P

Abstract:
1. A method of associating an electronic wheel unit with a side of a motor vehicle, wherein the electronic wheel unit is assigned to a wheel of the motor vehicle and is configured to ascertain at least one characteristic parameter of the wheel, the method which comprises: determining a direction of rotation of a wheel with an associated wheel unit; comparing the direction of rotation of the wheel determined by the wheel unit with a direction of rotation of another wheel determined with a respectively associated wheel unit to form a comparison result, wherein the wheel and the other wheel are mounted on mutually different sides of the motor vehicle on a shared axle; and depending on the comparison result, associating the wheel unit on a basis of a first procedure for associating the wheel unit with the side of the vehicle or on a basis of a second procedure for associating the wheel unit with the side of the vehicle, wherein the first procedure for associating the wheel unit utilizes the direction of rotation determined by the wheel unit, and the second procedure is independent of the direction of rotation determined by the wheel unit.