TIRE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SURVEYING AND SERVICING A VEHICLE TIRE

摘要

A tire management system for surveying and servicing a vehicle tire comprises a portable handheld computer unit (25) capable of receiving and storing data for servicing the vehicle tire and data acquired from the vehicle tire. The handheld computer unit (25) is adapted for transmitting the servicing data to a location (23) remote from the handheld computer unit (25). The servicing data includes a desired tire air pressure. A tire inflation device is adapted for automatically inflating or deflating the vehicle tire to the desired tire air pressure. The tire inflation device is further adapted to receive the desired tire air pressure transmitted by the handheld computer unit (25) and to transmit a signal back to the handheld unit (25) after the tire is inflated or deflated to the desired tire air pressure. In operation, the desired air pressure is input into the portable handheld computer unit (25). The desired tire air pressure is transmitted from the handheld computer unit (25) to the tire inflation device. The inflation device is operated in response to receiving the desired tire air pressure to measure the actual tire pressure of the tire and transmit the actual tire pressure of the tire back to the handheld computer unit (25) for storage therein, and then further operated to inflate or deflate the tire to the desired tire air pressure and to transmit a final measured tire pressure back to the handheld computer unit (25).