Patent ID: 9024742
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
1. A tire inflation pressure control method for use in a vehicle having at least a sensor for detecting outside temperature and a sensor device on each wheel of the vehicle, each sensor device transmitting at least a current tire inflation pressure and a current tire temperature of a respective wheel to an evaluation device arranged in the vehicle, the method comprising the acts of: during an initialization operation, storing, by the evaluation device, at least the respective tire inflation pressure and the current outside temperature as initialization values; detecting current tire inflation pressure and outside temperature during a drive of the vehicle; performing, by the evaluation device, an air loss monitoring function and a separate outside-temperature-dependent load capacity monitoring function; prompting an output of at least one early warning via an output unit of the vehicle in response to either the air loss monitoring function or the outside-temperature-dependent load capacity monitoring function; and prompting an additional output of a main warning, beyond the at least one early warning, in further response to the air loss monitoring function.