Apparatus and method to update and maintain a tire pressure monitoring tool
AssigneeSnap-on Incorporated
InventorsMichael T. DeKeuster, Robert E. Davis
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Abstract
A dock has a cradle and at least one port for recharging and communicating with a tire pressure monitoring tool. The dock recognizes that the tool is inserted into the dock; evaluates the programming in the memory; compares the programming in the memory against programming stored in a computer; determines whether the programming in the memory is older than the programming stored in the computer; and if the programming in the memory is older than the programming in the computer, then loads the programming from the computer into the memory.
Claims17
A dock for a tire pressure monitoring tool having a rechargeable battery and a memory storing programming for the tool, the dock comprising:
- a cradle for receiving the tool;
- and
- at least one port associated with the cradle and configured for (1) recharging the rechargeable battery and (2) communicating with the memory.
A tire pressure monitoring tool comprising:
- a rechargeable battery;
- a memory;
- and
- at least one port associated with the tool and configured for (1) recharging the rechargeable battery and (2) communicating with the memory.
A method for maintaining a tire pressure monitoring tool having a rechargeable battery and a memory storing programming, the method comprising:
- recognizing that the tool is inserted into a dock;
- evaluating the programming in the memory;
- comparing the programming in the memory against programming stored in a computer;
- determining whether the programming in the memory is older than the programming stored in the computer;
- and
- if the programming in the memory is older than the programming in the computer, then loading the programming from the computer into the memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.