US 12,275,280 B2
Enhanced tracking of tire tread wear
William D. Stewart, Antrim (GB); and Jonathan Wilgar, Carrickfergus (GB)
Assigned to SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Attleboro, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/926,584
Filed by SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Attleboro, MA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/036240
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 19, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/247036, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0202241 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. B60C 11/24 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 11/246 (2013.01) [B60C 11/243 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of enhanced tracking of tire tread wear in a tire monitoring sensor (TMS), the method comprising:
detecting, by the TMS coupled to a tire, a tread wear reporting event;
in response to detecting the tread wear reporting event, generating, by the TMS, tread wear data including at least a rotational time period, wherein the rotational time period is a measure of time a tire takes to complete a particular number of revolutions; and
transmitting, by the TMS, the tread wear data including the rotational time period to a vehicle control system.