B - Operations – Transporting – 60 – C
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
60
C
73/69
B60C 23/04 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1319537
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A reliable indication of temperature-compensated pressure is provided from each of the wheels of a vehicle to an operator within the vehicle. A piezoresistive transducer bridge is supplied by a constant current source in one embodiment, and by a voltage of constant amplitude in another embodiment. Voltage to the bridge is reversed on a periodic basis. The use of constant current enables compensation for temperature-induced drift in transducer bridge output. The use of constant voltage enables compensation for ambient temperature, and provides an absolute, rather than a relative indication of pressure or "flatness" within the tire. Voltage polarity reversal permits compensation of amplifier offset voltage. Energy is transmitted to and from the wheel by means of a tuned circuit which is excited by a primary coil when the vehicle s engine is running. The secondary coil mounted on the wheel may be either short-circuited or selectively opened and closed to alter the operation of the primary coil, thus providing an indication of tire pressure, that indication being detected and processed by suitable microcomputer circuitry which may exist on board the vehicle. Most of the active circuit elements of the invention may be implemented in a single monolithic integrated circuit, which can be attached to a tire valve.
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Bock Ditmar H.
Grace John M.
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
Schrader Automotive Inc.
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