US 11,813,899 B2
Locking apparatus and locking method for tire pressure monitoring device
Jianer Zhang, Zhejiang (CN)
Assigned to HAMATON AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
Appl. No. 16/490,878
Filed by HAMATON AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, Zhejiang (CN)
PCT Filed Jun. 21, 2017, PCT No. PCT/CN2017/089404
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 3, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/157511, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 7, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 201710124268.X (CN), filed on Mar. 3, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0009925 A1, Jan. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. B60C 23/04 (2006.01); G01M 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 23/04 (2013.01) [G01M 17/022 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A locking apparatus for a target tire pressure monitoring device, comprising:
a base;
an electrical appliance control module disposed in the base;
a feeder, a pushing assembly, a shielding box module and a discharging port arranged on the base in an entry/exit sequence of the target tire pressure monitoring device that is locked in a locking process, wherein the shielding box module includes a stepping motor, a lower shielding box and an upper shielding box; the stepping motor is connected to the lower shielding box by a screw lifting mechanism;
a housing matched with the base is arranged at the upper part of the locking apparatus;
the housing is provided with a control computer; the control computer is connected with an industrial control programmable logic controller (PLC);
the PLC is configured to issue selection prompt information of a lock mode and a vehicle model agreement to a user through a main interface of the control computer with a first preset mode to convey the target tire pressure monitoring device in a preset position in the lower shield box when a sensor detects that the target tire pressure monitoring device reaches the preset position and a second preset mode to lock the target tire pressure monitoring device to not accept any external activation enablement program according to the lock mode and the vehicle model agreement selected by the user.