TIRE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD

A vehicle tire monitoring system including a tire and wheel assembly. The tire and wheel assembly may include a wheel having a rim portion including an inside surface; a tire including a tire carcass having an inner surface and an outer surface with a tire tread over a radially outer portion of the...

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Hauptverfasser:	SIMMERMAN CRAIG T, WIESE RICHARD W, GRUTTA ANTHONY D, TRZCINSKI DAVID J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ALARM SYSTEMS COLORIMETRY MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT,POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED,VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT MEASURING ORDER TELEGRAPHS PHYSICS RADIATION PYROMETRY SIGNALLING SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A vehicle tire monitoring system including a tire and wheel assembly. The tire and wheel assembly may include a wheel having a rim portion including an inside surface; a tire including a tire carcass having an inner surface and an outer surface with a tire tread over a radially outer portion of the outer surface, and with the inner surface and the inside surface of the rim portion forming a cavity in which pressurized air is sealed; and a tire sensor assembly mounted on the inside surface of the rim portion in the cavity and including an infrared sensor and a wireless transmitter operatively engaging the infrared sensor, with the infrared sensor oriented to detect a temperature on the inner surface of the tire carcass at a location opposite to a portion of the tire tread.