Patents by Inventor Kevin G. Dickson

Kevin G. Dickson 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).

  • Position sensing system and method for locating tire pressure monitoring sensors using correlation to wheel end sensors
    Patent number: 11479065
    Abstract: A sensing system for a vehicle includes wheel end sensors (WES), each WES proximate to at least one predetermined tire and configured to sense angular data, including at least one of angular position, angular velocity, angular acceleration, and/or angular displacement. The system includes a plurality of tire pressure monitoring (TPM) sensors, each TPM sensor inside one of the tires and configured to sense pressure, temperature, and angular data within said tire. The sensing system is configured to compare the angular data sensed by each WES to the angular data sensed by each TPM sensor to automatically identify, for each TPM sensor, a corresponding WES, and based on the position on the vehicle of the predetermined tire of the corresponding WES, identify the position on the vehicle corresponding to said TPM sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Sensata Technolgies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin G. Dickson, Gary A. Graham
  • POSITION SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATING TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SENSORS USING CORRELATION TO WHEEL END SENSORS
    Publication number: 20210078371
    Abstract: A sensing system for a vehicle includes wheel end sensors (WES), each WES proximate to at least one predetermined tire and configured to sense angular data, including at least one of angular position, angular velocity, angular acceleration, and/or angular displacement. The system includes a plurality of tire pressure monitoring (TPM) sensors, each TPM sensor inside one of the tires and configured to sense pressure, temperature, and angular data within said tire. The sensing system is configured to compare the angular data sensed by each WES to the angular data sensed by each TPM sensor to automatically identify, for each TPM sensor, a corresponding WES, and based on the position on the vehicle of the predetermined tire of the corresponding WES, identify the position on the vehicle corresponding to said TPM sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: Sensata Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin G. Dickson, Gary A. Graham