Patents by Inventor Kevin Rushgrove

Kevin Rushgrove 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).

  • Tyre pressure monitoring apparatus
    Patent number: 7924147
    Abstract: A tire pressure monitoring system comprises an initiator which is arranged to transmit an initiation signal, and at least one corresponding transducer associated with a tire of the vehicle which responds to exposure of the initiation signal from the initiator and is adapted to respond by transmitting a return signal indicating that it has been woken by the initiator, in which the strength of the initiation signal emitted by the initiator is varied across a number of values within a range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: TRW Limited
    Inventors: Peter Mathias, Kevin Rushgrove, Anthony Lawrence Rutter
  • Tyre pressure monitoring apparatus
    Publication number: 20060214780
    Abstract: A tyre pressure monitoring system comprises an initiator which is arranged to transmit an initiation signal, and at least one corresponding transducer associated with a tyre of the vehicle which responds to exposure of the initiation signal from the initiator and is adapted to respond by transmitting a return signal indicating that it has been woken by the initiator, in which the strength of the initiation signal emitted by the initiator is varied across a number of values within a range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2006
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Peter Mathias, Kevin Rushgrove, Anthony Rutter