Patents
US 12070980 B2: Communication modules as well as gas spring assemblies and vehicle systems including same
- Granted
- 2024-08-27
- Filed
- 2019-09-04 application 17270992
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
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Abstract
A communication and power transmission module includes a communication connection portion adapted for communicative coupling with an associated controller. A wireless power and communication portion is adapted for communicative coupling with an associated sensing device operatively associated with an associated suspension component and/or an associated wheel. The wireless power and communication portion is operable to communicate wireless data and/or signals to and/or from the associated sensing device and operable to wirelessly transmit power to the associated sensing device. Gas spring assemblies and vehicles including one or more of such communication and power transmission modules are also included.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240827.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC 193 patents | US company or organization | Nashville, TN | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham R. Brookes | Noblesville, IN | 26 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B60G | Vehicle suspension arrangements | B60G17/0155 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B60C | Vehicle tyres; tyre inflation; tyre changing; connecting valves to inflatable elastic bodies in general; devices or arrangements related to tyres | B60C19/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F16F | Springs; shock-absorbers; means for damping vibration | F16F9/05 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G08C | Transmission systems for measured values, control or similar signals | G08C17/02 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H02J | Electric power networks; circuit arrangements or systems for supplying or distributing electric power; systems for storing electric energy | H02J50/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-24 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BROOKES, GRAHAM R. signed 2018-09-11 | FIRESTONE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS COMPANY, LLC NASHVILLE, TN | 55392/79 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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