Measuring and testing – Tire – tread or roadway – Tire inflation testing installation
Patent
1998-03-27
1999-10-05
Noori, Max
Measuring and testing
Tire, tread or roadway
Tire inflation testing installation
731462, B60C 2302
Patent
active
059627794
ABSTRACT:
The inflation status of a vehicle tire is determined while the tire is installed on the vehicle by recording a first signal representing the weight (Y) on a scale plate with respect to time when the tire is rolling on the scale plate; recording a second signal representing the weight (X) on a deformation bar with respect to time when the tire is rolling over the deformation bar; determining the maximum Y of the first signal and the maximum X of the second signal; calculating a ratio R by dividing the maximum X of the second signal by the maximum Y of the first signal; and comparing the calculated ratio R (=X/Y) with a predetermined value for the ratio R pertaining to the maximum Y of the first signal and giving an underinflation signal if the calculated ratio is below the predetermined value. Predetermined values for the ratios are obtained by determining, for a large number of combinations of vehicles and tires, the ratio R as a function of tire pressure; calculating a threshold for each combination of vehicles and tires; and fitting a curve of predetermined values for the ratios R through points having as coordinates the corresponding maximum value Y of the weight on the scale plate with respect to time when the tire is rolling on the scale plate and the corresponding ratio pertaining to the threshold. The curve of predetermined values is fitted so as to define a smooth curve that is an envelope which lies below all threshold data but is as close to the data as possible.
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International Search Report mailed Dec. 6, 1998.
Noori Max
Shell Oil Company
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