Patents by Inventor James Andrew Nimmo

James Andrew Nimmo 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: 7239948
    Abstract: A tyre pressure monitoring or warning system comprising at least one receiver responsive to signals transmitted by transmitters associated with one or more tyres. The system including a memory which stores a list of identity tags captured by the receiver, and a list of associated confidence values for each identity tag indicative of the confidence that the stored identity tag corresponds to a transmitter that belongs to the vehicle. The list may be split into a member and a candidate list comprising those identity tags that are deemed to refer and that possibly refer respectively to transmitters associated with the vehicle respectively. Initiators may be provided to initiate transmission from the transmitters in order to locate the position of each tyre.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2007
    Assignee: TRW Limited
    Inventors: James Andrew Nimmo, Anthony Lawrence Rutter, Paul Howarth