METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING THE DEFORMATION OF A TIRE SUBJECTED TO A LOAD WHILE ROLLING

    公开(公告)号:US20240336092A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-10

    申请号:US18681555

    申请日:2022-08-01

    IPC分类号: B60C11/24 B60C19/00 B60C23/06

    摘要: A method for ascertaining the deformation of a tire comprises: fastening a sensor to the tire so as to generate an accelerometric signal in the direction normal to the crown; acquiring (201) a temporal wheel-turn signal SigTDR (101) comprising the amplitude of the acceleration while rolling; determining a reference speed Wreference (202) associated with a portion of the wheel-turn signal SigTDR; normalizing (203) the portion of the wheel-turn signal SigTDR by a variable which is a function F proportional to the square of Wreference; angularly resampling (204) the portion of the wheel-turn signal SigTDR; defining an energy density S (205) from the angularly resampled normalized wheel-turn signal SigTdR using a threshold A; and identifying the deformation of the tire Def % (206) as a function G of the energy density S.

    SAIL PROPULSION ELEMENT, SAIL-PROPELLED VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20240270362A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18564781

    申请日:2022-05-30

    IPC分类号: B63H9/061

    CPC分类号: B63H9/0615

    摘要: A sail-propulsion element comprises a mast (3), an inflatable sail (1) consisting essentially of two substantially fluidtight adjacent surfaces (4a, 4b) joined together along their periphery, thus forming between them at least one cavity closed around the mast (3), at least one air conduit positioned between the inside and the outside of the cavity, at least one means for injecting air into said cavity, the sail once inflated having a profile that remains permanently symmetrical, irrespective of the movement of said propulsion element, or of the direction or strength of the wind, a headboard, and a sail. The sail comprises a plurality of cells (5) in the direction of the span of the sail, each cell (5) extending from the leading edge (6) to the trailing edge (7), said cells (5) being spaced apart by ribs made of a first soft material.

    Tire having a reinforced lower zone

    公开(公告)号:US12043066B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-23

    申请号:US16652763

    申请日:2018-10-01

    IPC分类号: B60C15/06

    摘要: A tire for a motor vehicle comprising: two beads (20); two sidewalls (30) meeting at a crown (25); at least one carcass reinforcement (160) extending from the beads (20) through the sidewalls (30) as far as the crown (25), the carcass reinforcement (160) having a plurality of carcass reinforcing elements and anchored in the two beads (20) by a turn-up around the annular reinforcing structure (70), so as to form in each bead a main strand (162) and a turn-up strand (163); and a stiffening reinforcement (140) arranged in at least one sidewall of the tire, said stiffening reinforcement (140) having a radially inner end (141) and a radially outer end (142), the stiffening reinforcement being formed of a plurality of stiffening elements oriented at an angle less than or equal to 10° relative to a circumferential direction of the tire.