Patents by Inventor Andre Bonin

Andre Bonin 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).

  • Patent number: 4064482
    Abstract: The wheels at opposite ends of an axle - and which may be twin or tandem wheels -- each have a pressure switch and a tank circuit associated therewith, rotating with the wheel. The tank circuits includes a normally closed pressure-sensitive switch which, when the pressure in the respective tire drops below a certain value, opens the tank circuit. The coil of the tank circuit is coupled with a transducer coil connected to a blocking oscillator which, upon passage of the tank circuit, provides an output pulse. The frequency or recurrence rate of the output pulses from opposite ends of the wheels at an axle are compared in an integrating comparator and, if the frequencies differ after a predetermined integration time, provide an alarm signal. The integrator or a digital counter which should have a number of count stages, only the last one providing an alarm signal to allow for variation in frequency with normal tire pressure when the vehicle rounds a curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1977
    Assignee: Robert Bosch G.m.b.H.
    Inventors: Wolfgang Maisch, Rainer Burkel, Jean Pierre Leroy, Andre Bonin