Patent ID: 7467034
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
1. A method for obtaining information about a plurality of tires on a single vehicle, comprising: arranging a tire monitor on each of the plurality of tires to provide signals containing information about one or more properties of the tire on which the tire monitor is arranged; arranging an interrogator on the vehicle to transmit initiation signals to cause the tire monitors to provide their signals; arranging a plurality of antennas on the vehicle and coupling the antennas to the interrogator, each of the antennas being spaced apart from one another and associated with at least a portion of the plurality of tires, each antenna being spaced different distances from the tire monitors on the associated tires; wirelessly transmitting the initiation signals from the interrogator to each of the tire monitors through the antennas to cause each tire monitor to provide signals containing information about one or more properties of the tire on which the tire monitor is arranged; receiving the signals provided by the tire monitors at the antennas; directing the signals from the antennas to the interrogator; and determining a location of each tire monitor and thus a location of a tire on which the tire monitor is arranged by analyzing the signals provided by each tire monitor whereby the information provided by the tire monitors is thereby associatable with the tires.