Since tire pressure sensors use non-replaceable batteries, they need to be swapped out, but do you have to do this each time ...

September 25, 2006 One of the many wonderful new jiggers seen at last week’s Automechanika trade show in Frankfurt was a tire pressure monitoring wheel sensor that should open up new service potential ...

Tire shops have turned a once simple errand into a surprisingly technical decision point: when you buy a fresh set of rubber, ...

Tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) are relatively new additions to your car’s suite of sensors. At least if you’re old enough to remember when keeping an eye on tire pressures was boasted about ...

Federal regulations have required some sort of computerized tire-pressure monitoring system in new cars since the 2007 model year. Most of these are active types that employ a sensor mounted to each ...

Tire and automotive technology supplier Continental has added a valve cap sensor to its lineup of Digital Tire Monitoring products and services. This sensor works with all of Continental’s digital ...

A TPMS (Tire Pressure Monitoring System) sensor is a device that is installed in a vehicle's tires to monitor the air pressure and temperature of the tires. The primary function of the TPMS sensor is ...

Stemco introduced an AirBAT tire pressure monitoring sensor designed for single wide tire applications. The pressure monitoring sensors are mounted on the wheel end and continually monitor tire ...

LIFE is not easy for tires. Beyond the injuries meted out by potholes and the stress imposed by drivers who insist on squealing through curves, there is the indignity of underinflation. Tires with ...

Electrical engineers have invented a printed sensor made of metallic carbon nanotubes that can monitor the tread of tires in real-time. In its first demonstration, the cheap, simple innovation shows ...

The modern automobile is getting pretty clever when it comes to stopping. Far from Fred Flintstone digging his heels into the ground beneath his rock car, today's braking systems benefit from ...

Future systems will employ SAW (surface-acoustic-wave) sensors to eliminate batteries. Direct-digital downconversion enables operation at region-independent 2.45 GHz. In any civilized nation today, ...