Frederick James Porter
Engineers at Frst Hl, Farmington, MI

6750762, Jun 15, 2004

Aug 7, 2002

10/064693

Frederick James Porter - Farmington Hills MI
James Edwin Blatchford - Northville MI
Thomas Michael McQuade - Ann Arbor MI

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

B60C 2300

340447, 340438, 340442, 731462, 731463

A tire pressure monitoring system ( ) for a vehicle ( ) includes a warning status memory ( ) having warning statuses therein and a plurality of tires ( and ) in respective rolling locations, each of said plurality of tires having a transmitter ( ). When one of the tires has been filled with air, the controller ( ) receives a pressure signal from one of the tire transmitters generated in response to a predetermined increase in pressure. The controller ( ) clears the warning statuses from the warning status memory ( ) when the pressure signal is in a normal range and, thereafter monitors the tires in the rolling locations and generates warning statuses therefor.

6745624, Jun 8, 2004

Feb 5, 2002

09/683704

Frederick James Porter - Farmington Hills MI
John LeBeau Rust - Belleville MI
John Tenbusch - Farmington Hills MI
Thomas Michael McQuade - Ann Arbor MI
Thomas Lee Miller - Ann Arbor MI

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

G01L 1700

731462, 731464, 340447

A system ( ) and method is provided for calibrating a tire pressure monitoring system using an EM transmitter ( ). The present invention includes a first pressure sensor coupled to a wheel of an automotive vehicle ( ). The EM pressure transmitter ( ) is coupled to the pressure sensor ( ). The transmitter ( ) has a serial number associated therewith. An EM calibration device has a transmitting range. The EM transmitter device has an actuator. When the actuator is activated, a calibration signal ( ) is transmitted within the transmitting range. The calibration signal causes the EM pressure transmitter ( ) to transmit a serial number. A controller ( ) is EM coupled to the pressure transmitter. The controller ( ) receives the serial number and associates the serial number with a tire location of the vehicle.

6982636, Jan 3, 2006

Aug 7, 2002

10/064688

Brian Bennie - Sterling Heights MI, US
Dilip B. Patel - Wixom MI, US
Frederick James Porter - Farmington Hills MI, US
Leena Shah - Bloomfield Township MI, US
Thomas Michael McQuade - Ann Arbor MI, US
Thomas Lee Miller - Ann Arbor MI, US

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

B60C 23/00

340442, 340447, 3405391, 340438, 340443, 340445, 731465, 731466, 731467, 731468, 73143, 73148

A pressure monitoring system () for a tire () of an automotive vehicle includes a first pressure sensor () coupled to the wheel, a pressure transmitter () coupled to the pressure sensor () whereby the transmitter generates a pressure signal. A controller () is coupled to the pressure transmitter. The controller () receives the pressure signal and in a first stage, compares the pressure signal to a pressure threshold to obtain a sensor status. In a second stage, the controller () qualifies the sensor status signal by generating a warning status in response to the sensor status.

4703198, Oct 27, 1987

Jul 7, 1986

6/883264

Frederick J. Porter - Farmington Hills MI
Richard A. Pidsosny - Canton MI

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

H03K 19017, H03K 19094, H03K 1704, H03K 17687

307473

A bi-directional interface circuit which functions as an output driver to drive a corresponding communication data bus in response to the output of an associated microcomputer and as an input buffer to communicate data from the associated data bus to the microcomputer, wherein such input and output data to and from the microcomputer is communicated to a single port on the microcomputer. The bi-directional interface circuit is controlled by sensing the impedance condition existing on the input/output port of the microcomputer and correspondingly switches to either its output driver mode or input buffer mode.

2005020, Sep 15, 2005

May 5, 2005

11/122476

Brian Bennie - Sterling Heights MI, US
Frederick Porter - Farmington Hills MI, US
Leena Shah - Bloomfield Township MI, US
Ronald Brombach - Plymouth Township MI, US
Thomas McQuade - Ann Arbor MI, US
Thomas Miller - Ann Arbor MI, US

B60C023/00

340442000, 340003100

A tire pressure monitoring system () for a vehicle () has a plurality of tires (-) in respective rolling locations having a respective plurality of tire transmitters (-) that generate a respective plurality of transmitter identification signals. A controller () is coupled to a counter that counts ignition cycle transitions. The controller enters a learn mode in response to the count and the brake condition signal. The system may also include a display for signaling the vehicle operator to perform a desired action. The controller generates a plurality of display signals on the display indicative of the respective plurality of tire locations and activates a timer when the plurality of transmitter identification signals are received before a predetermined time is counted by the timer.

6945087, Sep 20, 2005

Apr 26, 2004

10/832027

Frederick James Porter - Farmington Hills MI, US
John LeBeau Rust - Belleville MI, US
John Tenbusch - Farmington Hills MI, US
Thomas Michael McQuade - Ann Arbor MI, US
Thomas Lee Miller - Ann Arbor MI, US

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

G01L027/00

73 157

A system () and method is provided for calibrating a tire pressure monitoring system using an EM transmitter (). The present invention includes a first pressure sensor coupled to a wheel of an automotive vehicle (). The EM pressure transmitter () is coupled to the pressure sensor (). The transmitter () has a serial number associated therewith. An EM calibration device has a transmitting range. The EM transmitter device has an actuator. When the actuator is activated, a calibration signal () is transmitted within the transmitting range. The calibration signal causes the EM pressure transmitter () to transmit a serial number. A controller () is EM coupled to the pressure transmitter. The controller () receives the serial number and associates the serial number with a tire location of the vehicle.

6952160, Oct 4, 2005

Aug 7, 2002

10/064690

Brian Bennie - Sterling Heights MI, US
Frederick James Porter - Farmington Hills MI, US
Leena Shah - Bloomfield Township MI, US
Ronald Patrick Brombach - Plymouth MI, US
Thomas Michael McQuade - Ann Arbor MI, US
Thomas Lee Miller - Ann Arbor MI, US

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

B60C023/00

340442, 340444, 34030916

A tire pressure monitoring system () for a vehicle () has a plurality of tires () in respective rolling locations having a respective plurality of tire transmitters () that generate a respective plurality of transmitter identification signals. A controller () is coupled to a counter that counts ignition cycle transitions. The controller enters a learn mode in response to the count and the brake condition signal. The system may also include a display for signaling the vehicle operator to perform a desired action. The controller generates a plurality of display signals on the display indicative of the respective plurality of tire locations and activates a timer when the plurality of transmitter identification signals are received before a predetermined time is counted by the timer.

6985076, Jan 10, 2006

Aug 7, 2002

10/064694

Brian Bennie - Sterling Heights MI, US
Frederick James Porter - Farmington Hills MI, US
Leena Shah - Bloomfield Township MI, US
Thomas Michael McQuade - Ann Arbor MI, US
Thomas Lee Miller - Ann Arbor MI, US

Ford Global Technologies, LLC - Dearborn MI

B60C 23/00

340445, 340447, 340448, 340442, 340444, 3405391, 731462, 731465

A tire pressure monitoring system () for a vehicle () has a plurality of tires (and ) in respective rolling locations and a spare tire () generating a spare tire identification. A controller () starts the timer () and sets a tire status to a rolling status, a pending rolling status, a spare status or a pending spare status in response to the timer and the vehicle speed. The controller () stores the status and the spare tire identification in the memory.

4867536, Sep 19, 1989

Apr 21, 1988

7/184568

Richard A. Pidsosny - Canton MI
Frederick J. Porter - Farmington Hills MI

Ford Motor Company - Dearborn MI

G02F 1133

350337

A system in which several colors of the spectrum are selectable to be displayed having common polarity and with high contrast against a black background, utilizing liquid crystal cells along with linear and color polarizers disposed along an optical axis so that comparable results in either reflective or transmissive modes are achieved, with appropriate light sources.