US Patent Issued to Sensata Technologies on Nov. 25 for "Tire monitor with close proximity connectivity" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,245, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Sensata Technologies Inc. (Attleboro, Mass.).

"Tire monitor with close proximity connectivity" was invented by William D. Stewart (Antrim, Great Britain) and Ian Elliott (Ballybogey, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire monitor includes a sensor generating tire data. The tire monitor is configured to wake in response to a low frequency interrupt signal received from a remote source. Upon waking, the tire monitor scans Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) channels to establish a BLE connection with the remote source. The tire monitor communicates with the remote source over the BLE connecti...