Patent ID: 6937144
Filing Date: 2005-08-30
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
1. A system for remotely monitoring the pressure of tires mounted to an associated vehicle, the system comprising: a check point having a plurality of tire pressure monitoring devices separately installed inside tires mounted on the first side and the second side of the vehicle, each tire pressure monitoring device comprising a tire pressure monitoring device receiver for receiving transmitted wake-up RF signals, a tire pressure sensor for sensing tire pressure, a storage device that retains identification data relating to the particular tire pressure monitoring device, and an RF tag mounted on the first side or the second side of the vehicle, the RF tag comprising a data collection device in communication with the first interrogation component and the second interrogation component for recording the unique identification data associated with the vehicle transmitted by the first RF tag transmitter and the identification of the particular tire pressure monitoring device and whether the tire pressure within the tire is too high or too low with respect to the predetermined range of desired tire pressures transmitted by the first tire pressure device transmitters; and an alarm associated with the first interrogation component and the second interrogation component for signaling an operator of the vehicle when tire pressure has been determined to be outside the predetermined range for one or more particularly identified tires.