摘要:
Device (10, 23) for monitoring the operation of a tyre (30) mounted on a respective rim (31). The monitoring device is arranged inside a chamber (32) delimited by the tyre (30) and by the respective rim (31) and comprises a device for detecting slippage between said tyre (30) and said rim (31), a processor and an electric power supply device adapted to supply said processor and said slippage detection device. The slippage detection device comprises a colour sensor, an illuminator and an annular surface (23) having a plurality of sectors (23a), wherein consecutive sectors have different colours. The illuminator is adapted to emit a light incident on one of said sectors (23a) of said annular surface (23), and the colour sensor is adapted to detect a light reflected by said sector (23a) illuminated by said incident light and to provide a signal indicative of the colour of said reflected light. The invention further relates to a method for monitoring the operation of a tyre (30), which method uses said monitoring device 10, 23).
摘要:
This invention improves the precision and reliability with which rolling resistance can be measured. This rolling-resistance testing method includes a rolling-resistance measurement stage and a determination stage. In the rolling-resistance measurement stage, a component force meter is used to measure the tangential axial force that occurs in a tire axle when the tire is rotated under load. In the determination stage, the axial force is measured in a no-load stopped state in which the tire has been separated from a drum, said axial force is compared to a threshold, and if the axial force is greater than said threshold, a determination that an anomaly has occurred in the test is made.
摘要:
A conductive terminal structure for a piezoelectric device used as part of a tire mountable apparatus is provided. Unlike known electrical connection structures which include a plurality of conductive terminals that are all exposed through a single insulating layer of the piezoelectric device, such as a top layer of the piezoelectric device, the electrical connection structure can be arranged in a one up, one down configuration. In this configuration, at least one conductive terminal is exposed through a top insulating layer of the piezoelectric device. In addition, at least one conductive terminal of a piezoelectric component is exposed through a bottom insulating layer of the piezoelectric device. The electrical connection structure can be used in combination with a connector assembly design to preserve the integrity of the electrical connection between the electrical and mechanical connection structure and a printed circuit board.
摘要:
The present invention includes a run-flat tire 1 comprising a plurality of turbulence generation ridges 20 which extend on a surface of a tire side portion 3 in a tire-radial direction and which are arranged at a pitch in a tire-circumferential direction and relationship Si > So is satisfied. Si is the sum of sidewall areas of all the turbulence generation ridges located at the inner side, in the tire-radial direction, of a maximum width position of the pneumatic tire. So is the sum of sidewall areas of all the turbulence generation ridges located at the outer side, in the tire-radial direction, of the tire maximum width position.
摘要:
This invention improves the precision and reliability with which rolling resistance can be measured. This rolling-resistance testing method includes a rolling-resistance measurement stage and a determination stage. In the rolling-resistance measurement stage, a component force meter is used to measure the tangential axial force that occurs in a tire axle when the tire is rotated under load. In the determination stage, the axial force is measured in a no-load stopped state in which the tire has been separated from a drum, said axial force is compared to a threshold, and if the axial force is greater than said threshold, a determination that an anomaly has occurred in the test is made.
摘要:
A vehicle positioning system using RFTD tags. HF RFTD tags are mounted in a vehicle wheel, more particularly a tire and an RFID antenna is provided in proximity to the wheel. A controller causes interrogation of RFID tags as the wheel turns and on the basis of the received identifiers ascertains a distance traveled, for example based on known distance between RFID tags on the wheel.
摘要:
A pressure gauge of which the presence or absence of a measurement error can be easily checked is provided. A pressure gauge includes: a piston; a first conversion mechanism converting a linear motion of the piston against an elastic force of a spring into a rotating motion about a first rotation shaft, the linear motion being caused by the pressure transmitted from a target to be measured; an index that is fixed to one end side of the first rotation shaft; a dial; momentum detecting means for detecting momentum indicating an amount of movement of the piston; and a pressure sensor measuring a pressure value of the pressure acting on the internal space of the cylinder. Determining means determines whether a difference between a first measurement value and a second measurement value exceeds a predetermined value, the first measurement value being estimated from the momentum detected by the momentum detecting means, the second measurement value being measured by the pressure sensor. Notifying means notifies a user if the difference between the first measurement value and the second measurement value exceeds the predetermined value.
摘要:
A tire cornering stiffness estimation system and method is disclosed. The system (10) comprises a vehicle (12) supported by at least one vehicle tire (14) mounted to a hub, the vehicle tire (14) having a tire cavity (22), a ground-engaging tread (16) and a plurality of tire-specific measureable parameters; a plurality of tire-affixed sensors (20) mounted to the tire (14) for operably measuring the tire-specific parameters to generate tire-specific information; at least one accelerometer mounted to the hub and generating a hub accelerometer signal; and a model-based tire cornering stiffness estimator being operable to generate a model-derived tire cornering stiffness estimation (30) based upon the hub accelerometer signal and the tire-specific information or the hub accelerometer signal adapted by the the tire-specific information.
摘要:
Provided is a pneumatic tire comprising an axis of operational rotation; a tread defining a cylindrical exterior surface extending both along and around the axis; a first sidewall defining a first sidewall exterior surface; a first shoulder region defining a first shoulder exterior surface; a heat exchange feature on the first shoulder region adapted to modify air flow over an exterior surface; a second sidewall defining a second sidewall exterior surface; a second shoulder region defining a second shoulder exterior surface; and a heat exchange feature on the second shoulder region adapted to modify air flow over an exterior surface. The heat exchange features on the first and second shoulder regions may be adapted to move air during clockwise operational rotation; or the heat exchange features on the first and second shoulder regions may be adapted to move air during counter-clockwise operational rotation.