Patents by Inventor William Pickornik

William Pickornik has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Target pressure learn strategy for vehicular tire pressure systems
    Patent number: 6246317
    Abstract: A method of establishing a target pressure for a vehicle tire for storage in a receiver having a microcontroller where a sensor/transmitter combination is mounted on each wheel. After each tire is inflated to the target pressure the sensor/transmitters are sequentially triggered to send an identification code and a target pressure signal to the receiver for storage in memory. In an alternate embodiment, the target tire pressures are statistically averaged and a warning signal is generated if a single tire target pressure deviates a predetermined amount from the statistical average.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Inventors: William Pickornik, Gary R. Schultz, G. Clark Fortune, Thomas J. Waraksa