Patent ID: 6384720
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
A system for monitoring an operating parameter of a vehicle tire, the tire being mountable on a rim that is mountable on a rotatable wheel hub of the vehicle, said system comprising:an identification connected to the rim, said identification conveying a rim identification code; means for sensing an operating parameter of the tire, said means for sensing providing a radio frequency signal indicative of a sensed operating parameter of the tire and an identification code of said means for sensing; means for detecting said identification and providing a rim identification signal, said rim identification signal being indicative of said rim identification code and the position on the vehicle where the tire is mounted; means for receiving said radio frequency signal; means for receiving said rim identification signal; and means for correlating said radio frequency signal with said rim identification signal to associate said radio frequency signal with the position on the vehicle where the tire is mounted.