Abstract:
A system for generating electrical energy in a tire for a vehicle includes at least one coaxial piezoelectric cable that generates electrical energy when deformed. The at least one coaxial piezoelectric cable is associated with the tire. And the at least one coaxial piezoelectric cable extends along at least a portion of the tire. A tire for a vehicle includes a carcass, a tread, and the at least one coaxial piezoelectric cable.
Abstract:
A system for sensing at least one characteristic parameter of a tyre fitted to a vehicle includes a movable unit and a fixed unit. The movable unit is combined with the tyre and includes a device for sensing the at least one characteristic parameter, a device for transmitting a signal out of the tyre that relates to the at least one characteristic parameter, and a device for generating electrical energy. The fixed unit is combined with the vehicle and includes a device for receiving signals from the movable unit. The electrical energy generating device is capable of supplying electrical energy to the sensing device and to the transmitting device. The electrical energy generating device includes a capacitor that charges itself with electrical energy in response to mechanical stresses applied to the tyre. The movable unit and a vehicle wheel are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A system for generating electrical energy in a tyre for a vehicle includes at least one coaxial piezoelectric cable that generates electrical energy when deformed. The at least one coaxial piezoelectric cable is associated with the tyre. And the at least one coaxial piezoelectric cable extends along at least a portion of the tyre. A tyre for a vehicle includes a carcass, a tread, and the at least one coaxial piezoelectric cable.
Abstract:
A system for sensing at least one characteristic parameter of a tyre fitted to a vehicle includes a movable unit and a fixed unit. The movable unit is combined with the tyre and includes a device for sensing the at least one characteristic parameter, a device for transmitting signals out of the tyre, a processing unit, and a storage device. The fixed unit is combinable with the vehicle and includes a device for receiving signals from the movable unit. The processing unit and storage device carry out pre-processing of a signal generated by the sensing device and send the pre-processed signal to the transmitting device. The movable unit may also include a device for generating electrical energy that is capable of supplying the processing unit and the transmitting device. The transmitted signal relates to the at least one characteristic parameter. The movable unit and a vehicle wheel are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A method for determining preselected performance characteristics of a tread of a tire consists in dividing the tread in a grid of cells forming piles of cells which are full, empty or partially full; identifying a group of piles of cells in each contact area; determining longitudinal stiffness values cxj and transversal stiffness values cyj for each pile; identifying families of discrete areas and transversal strips in each contact area; determining, for each strip, forces per unit of length by means of cxj and cyj, longitudinal stiffness values per unit of length cpx and transversal stiffness values per unit of length cpy and by means of cpx and cpy and a preselected state of deformation; determining total forces associated with all contact areas by means of single forces associated with the discrete areas, and evaluating their pattern so as to establish whether the arrangement of full and empty cells optimizes the performance characteristics of the tread.
Abstract:
A method for determining the road handling of a tire, comprising descriptions of the tire by means of a first, concentrated-parameter, physical model and by means of a second, finite-element model, a simulation on the second, finite-element model of a selected series of dynamic tests and an application to the first physical model of equations of motion suitable for representing the dynamic tests in order to obtain first and second frequency responses of selected quantities; a comparison between the first and second frequency responses of the selected quantities for determining the concentrated parameters of the first physical model and physical quantities indicative of the drift behaviour of the tire.
Abstract:
The sealing strip includes a first structural member for anchoring the strip to the edge of an opening, such as a door or a trunk or the like, of a motor vehicle body, a second deformable structural member for providing sealing along the edge of the door or the like closing the opening in the vehicle body and a continuous rib interconnecting the first and second structural members. The rib has dimensions and/or geometrical configuration and/or physical properties which vary along a longitudinal axis of the strip.
Abstract:
A method and a system for determining a cornering angle of a tire fitted on a vehicle during a running of the vehicle on a rolling surface includes the steps of determining the lateral acceleration of a portion of the tire tread spaced apart from the equatorial plane of the tire; determining a rotation speed of the tire; and determining the cornering angle from the lateral acceleration and the radial speed by using characteristic curves of lateral acceleration amplitude versus predetermined values of cornering angle for at least one rotation speed.
Abstract:
A method for monitoring a tire during running includes acquiring and storing, at least temporarily, a first curve representing an acceleration profile of a first point of a tread area of the tire; acquiring and storing, at least temporarily, at least one second curve representing an acceleration profile of a second point of the tread area; and comparing the first curve and the at least one second curve, or parameters derived from the first curve and the at least one second curve, so as to determine a dynamic behavior of the tire. The first and second points are located substantially on a same meridian plane of the tire. A related tire, wheel for a vehicle, system for monitoring a tire during running, and method for controlling a vehicle are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A device includes: a wireless receiver unit adapted to receive signals from at least one sensor mounted on a vehicle, wherein the signals received from the at least one sensor carry data related to operating parameters of at least one vehicle's component, detected by the at least one sensor; an interface adapted to the coupling of the device to a peripherals connection port of a vehicle's data processing system integrated in the vehicle, the peripherals connection port being accessible to users within the vehicle's cabin for the connection of peripheral type electronic devices. The device, when coupled to the peripherals connection port of the vehicle's data processing system, is operable to transfer thereto the data related to vehicle's operating parameters detected by the at least one sensor and to enable the vehicle's data processing system to process the transferred data for the interpretation of the operating parameters.