Patent ID: 8362897
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
1. A method for locating tires mounted on a vehicle, the method which comprises the following method steps: receiving, with a first transmit/receive apparatus disposed on a vehicle, high-frequency signals originating from wheel electronic systems disposed on the vehicle, the wheel electronic systems interacting with tires of a first tire set mounted on the vehicle; and transmitting a first trigger signal with the first transmit/receive apparatus, the first trigger signal having a frequency significantly lower than a frequency of the high-frequency signals; wherein: such that only one part of the wheel electronic systems that is associated with the tires of the first tire set receives the first trigger signal and the high-frequency signals, which originate from the part of the wheel electronic systems of the tires of the first tire set, which received the first trigger signal, contain information about the received first trigger signal.