公开(公告)号：US5321628A

公开(公告)日：1994-06-14

申请号：US770110

申请日：1991-10-02

申请人： James C. Beebe

发明人： James C. Beebe

IPC分类号： G01M1/30 ,  G01M17/02

CPC分类号： G01M1/30 ,  G01M17/02

摘要： Tires are measured for a parameter correlated to a tendency to contribute to steering pull when used on a vehicle. A group of the measured tires is then ranked into a successive series by ordering the parameter measurements of the tires in the group non-decreasingly or non-increasingly. A set of at least two tires of substantially consecutive rank are then selected for mounting on the same vehicle in order to reduce steering pull.

摘要翻译： 测量与在车辆上使用时有助于转向拉力的倾向相关联的参数的轮胎。 然后通过以非递减或非递减的方式对组中的轮胎的参数测量进行排序，将一组测量的轮胎分级成连续的系列。 然后选择一组基本连续等级的至少两个轮胎，以安装在同一车辆上，以减少转向牵引力。

公开(公告)号：US5229954A

公开(公告)日：1993-07-20

申请号：US556951

申请日：1990-07-23

申请人： James C. Beebe

发明人： James C. Beebe

IPC分类号： G01M1/30 ,  G01M17/02

CPC分类号： G01M17/02 ,  G01M1/30

摘要： Tires are measured to determine the value of a parameter indicating a tendency of the tires to cause vibration in a given direction in tire/wheel assemblies. Each measured tire is assigned a tire rank designation in accordance with the order in which its measured value of the magnitude of that parameter falls in relation to the magnitudes of that parameter among a certain group of tires. Wheels are measured to determine the value of a second parameter indicating a tendency of the wheels to cause vibration in tire/wheel assemblies in that same given direction. Each wheel in a certain group of wheels is ranked in accordance with the order in which the magnitude of its second parameter falls in relation to the magnitudes of the second parameter among the other wheels in the group. Tires and wheels having corresponding respective rank designations are paired with one another to be combined into a tire/wheel assembly wherein the tire and wheel are mutually oriented such that the vibrational tendencies of the first and second parameters tend to cancel one another.

摘要翻译： 测量轮胎以确定轮胎/车轮组件中指示轮胎在给定方向上引起振动的参数的值。 根据该参数的大小的测量值与某组轮胎中该参数的大小相关的顺序的顺序，分配每个测量轮胎的轮胎等级指定。 测量车轮以确定第二参数的值，其指示车轮在同一给定方向上在轮胎/车轮组件中引起振动的趋势。 一组车轮中的每个车轮根据其第二参数的大小相对于组中的其他车轮中的第二参数的大小的顺序排列。 具有对应的相应等级名称的轮胎和轮子彼此配对以组合成轮胎/车轮组件，其中轮胎和车轮相互定向，使得第一和第二参数的振动倾向彼此抵消。

公开(公告)号：US4815004A

公开(公告)日：1989-03-21

申请号：US920247

申请日：1986-10-17

申请人： James C. Beebe

发明人： James C. Beebe

IPC分类号： G01M17/02

CPC分类号： G01M17/022

摘要： An apparatus and method for predicting fore-aft translations of tires. An inflated tire is rotated at a nominally constant angular velocity against a freely rotatable rigid loadwheel under a radial load. Changes in the instantaneous effective radius of the tire as it rolls give rise to fore/aft forces which tend to translate the tire alternately forward, toward the direction of travel and aft, toward the opposite direction. The tendency of the tire to so translate is predicted by measuring variations in effective radius or a parameter correlated thereto such as changes in the motion of the tread surface of the tire or the loadwheel relative to the angular speed of the tire.

公开(公告)号：US5309377A

公开(公告)日：1994-05-03

申请号：US788086

申请日：1991-11-05

申请人： James C. Beebe

发明人： James C. Beebe

IPC分类号： G01L25/00 ,  G01M17/02 ,  G01D5/25

CPC分类号： G01L25/00 ,  G01M17/022

摘要： A tire uniformity inspection machine is calibrated by applying to at least one force measuring channel thereof a signal which simulates the application of a force of a magnitude greater than any force actually applied to the machine during calibration. That signal, which is preferably of a magnitude appropriate to simulate the largest forces encountered during actual tire testing, can be generated by connecting the channel, preferably at its input, to an energy source through an impedance. The response of the channel to the signal is measured and a calibration factor is determined based on that response. Such calibration factor accounts for the actual behavior of the channel more truely than prior art calibration techniques which relied solely upon the relatively small signal excitation conditions achievable by applying a relatively small actual force to the machine. Thus, the invention affords tire uniformity measurements of improved accuracy.

摘要翻译： 轮胎均匀性检查机通过向其至少一个力测量通道施加一个信号进行校准，该信号模拟施加大于在校准期间实际施加到机器上的任何力的量的力。 该信号优选地适合于模拟在实际的轮胎测试期间遇到的最大的力的大小，可以通过将通道优选地在其输入处通过阻抗连接到能量源来产生。 测量通道对信号的响应，并根据该响应确定校准因子。 这种校准因子比现有技术的校准技术更真实地考虑了通道的实际行为，其仅依赖于通过对机器施加相对小的实际力而可实现的相对小的信号激励条件。 因此，本发明提供了提高精度的轮胎均匀性测量。

公开(公告)号：US5237505A

公开(公告)日：1993-08-17

申请号：US695572

申请日：1991-05-03

申请人： James C. Beebe

发明人： James C. Beebe

IPC分类号： G01M1/38 ,  C12N9/16 ,  C12Q1/68 ,  G01M1/20 ,  G01M1/32

CPC分类号： G01M1/326 ,  G01M1/20

摘要： The mass of a tire/wheel assembly is altered to apply a static imbalance to the assembly in a manner which reduces the overall tendency of the assembly to cause vibration in the plane perpendicular to its axis of rotation when in use. The applied imbalance, combined with any static imbalance initially inherent in the tire/wheel assembly, results in a desired net static imbalance oriented so as to induce a centrifugal force which opposes, and therefore tends to cancel, at least one component, such as the first order harmonic, of radial force variation characterizing the assembly. The magnitude of the net static imbalance is limited and is preferably selected to substantially equal the lesser of either: (a) a predetermined maximum limit, or (b) the amount of static imbalance required to generate at a designated highway speed a centrifugal force whose magnitude substantially equals that of the aforementioned radial force variation component.

摘要翻译： 轮胎/车轮组件的质量被改变以对组件施加静态不平衡，以减少组件在使用时垂直于其旋转轴线的平面中引起振动的整体趋势。 应用的不平衡与轮胎/车轮组件中最初固有的任何静态不平衡结合导致所期望的净静态不平衡取向，以便引起离心力，所述离心力相对于因此倾向于抵消至少一个部件，例如 一阶谐波，表征组件的径向力变化。 净静态不平衡的大小是有限的，并且优选地被选择为基本上等于以下中的较小者：（a）预定的最大极限，或（b）以指定的公路速度产生离心力所需的静态不平衡量， 大小基本上等于上述径向力变化分量的大小。

公开(公告)号：US4805125A

公开(公告)日：1989-02-14

申请号：US62153

申请日：1987-06-12

申请人： James C. Beebe

发明人： James C. Beebe

IPC分类号： G01M1/16 ,  G01M17/02

CPC分类号： G01M17/022

摘要： Apparatus and methods for use in measuring the uniformity of a body such as a tire, wheel or the like wherein a waveform related to the uniformity of the body is digitally sampled to acquire a series of data samples, each of which is correlated with a respective physical location on the body. According to a first aspect of the invention, a non-repetitive error component of the waveform is corrected for by sampling the same location on the body at two different times and determining the difference between the corresponding data samples. A part of the total difference is allocated to each of the data samples in the series according to a predetermined methematical function which at least approximately describes the non-repetitive component of the waveform. The part of the difference allocated to each sample is then subtracted from it to obtain a corrected series of data sample. According to a second aspect of the invention, the maximum, minimum and/or peak-to-peak values of the waveform are more accurately determined by relating selected extreme data samples and one or more data samples adjacent thereto to a polynomial function of at least second order. The function is then evaluated at the location where its first derivative equals zero to determine a more accurate and repeatable approximation of a maximum, minimum or peak-to-peak value of the waveform. According to yet another aspect of the present invention the first and second aspects above are practiced in conjunction with one another.

摘要翻译： 用于测量诸如轮胎，车轮等的身体的均匀性的装置和方法，其中与身体的均匀性相关的波形被数字采样以获取一系列数据样本，每个数据样本与相应的 身体上的身体位置。 根据本发明的第一方面，通过在两个不同的时间对身体上的相同位置进行采样来校正波形的非重复误差分量，并且确定对应的数据样本之间的差异。 根据至少近似描述波形的不重复分量的预定的声学函数，将总差的一部分分配给系列中的每个数据样本。 然后从其中减去分配给每个样本的差值的一部分，以获得校正的一系列数据样本。 根据本发明的第二方面，通过将所选的极端数据样本和与其相邻的一个或多个数据样本与至少的多项式函数相关联来更准确地确定波形的最大值，最小值和/或峰 - 峰值 二级 然后在其一阶导数等于零的位置处评估该函数，以确定波形的最大值，最小值或峰 - 峰值的更精确和可重复的近似值。 根据本发明的另一方面，上述第一和第二方面是相互结合实施的。

公开(公告)号：US4702287A

公开(公告)日：1987-10-27

申请号：US899996

申请日：1986-08-22

申请人： Robert E. Higbie ,  James C. Beebe

发明人： Robert E. Higbie ,  James C. Beebe

IPC分类号： B60S5/04 ,  G01M17/02 ,  G05D16/20 ,  B65B3/04

CPC分类号： G05D16/2046 ,  B60S5/046 ,  G01M17/02

摘要： Apparatus for inflating tires to a test pressure. The apparatus includes a shop supply of air and a regulated supply of air. A valve system is used to connect the tire to the shop supply to seat the bead on the test rim; to exhaust the air from the tire to bring the pressure in the tire to approximately the test pressure; and to the regulated supply to bring the air in the tire to the preselected test level. The difference between the actual test pressure and the desired test pressure is measured and that difference is used to control the pressure regulator so as to correct the test pressure in the next succeeding tire.

公开(公告)号：US4699185A

公开(公告)日：1987-10-13

申请号：US899997

申请日：1986-08-22

申请人： Barry D. Cargould ,  James C. Beebe

发明人： Barry D. Cargould ,  James C. Beebe

IPC分类号： B60C25/14 ,  B65B3/04

CPC分类号： B60C25/145

摘要： Method of inflating tires wherein the tires are inflated to a bead seat pressure and thereafter the pressure is reduced without deflating the tires through the valve.

摘要翻译： 对轮胎进行充气的方法，其中轮胎充气到胎圈座压力，然后在不使轮胎通过阀排气的情况下降低压力。

公开(公告)号：US4852398A

公开(公告)日：1989-08-01

申请号：US165814

申请日：1988-03-09

申请人： Barry D. Cargould ,  James C. Beebe

发明人： Barry D. Cargould ,  James C. Beebe

IPC分类号： G01M17/02

CPC分类号： G01M17/021

摘要： A tire testing machine having a rotatably but actuatably fixed upper rim, a rotatable lower rim assembly and a hydraulic cylinder for raising and lowering the lower rim to a desired position. The lower rim assembly has a resiliently-biased center pilot in the form of a cone that is engageable with a recess in the upper rim to center the lower rim with respect to the upper rim and to transmit rotational forces from the upper rim to the lower rim. The centering action of the pilot is assisted by a pair of mating spherical washers associated with the lower rim assembly.

摘要翻译： 一种轮胎试验机，具有可旋转但可驱动的固定的上轮辋，可旋转的下轮辋组件和用于将下轮辋升高和降低到期望位置的液压缸。 下边缘组件具有呈锥形形式的弹性偏压的中心引导件，其可与上边缘中的凹部接合，以使下边缘相对于上边缘居中，并将旋转力从上边缘传递到下边缘 轮缘。 飞行员的定心作用由与下边缘组件相关联的一对配合的球面垫圈辅助。

公开(公告)号：US4489598A

公开(公告)日：1984-12-25

申请号：US492644

申请日：1983-05-09

申请人： James C. Beebe ,  Barry D. Cargould

发明人： James C. Beebe ,  Barry D. Cargould

IPC分类号： G01L5/00 ,  G01M17/02

CPC分类号： G01M17/022

摘要： An arrangement for measuring the rolling resistance of tires. The arrangement includes a horizontal roadwheel and several horizontally rotatable tires which are urged against the roadwheel and rotated thereby. The tire spindle assembly is borne by a carriage which is movable toward and away from the roadwheel on a floating platform. The radial force with which the tire is urged against the roadwheel is offset by a linkage structure attached between the platform and the fixed base of the roadwheel assembly such that instantaneous rotation of the platform relative to the roadwheel base is about the axis of rotation of the roadwheel. The linkage structure includes a load cell for measuring the radial force. The arrangement further includes a load cell generally at the perimeter of the roadwheel which measures the tangential rolling resistance force of the tire.

摘要翻译： 用于测量轮胎的滚动阻力的装置。 该装置包括水平路轮和若干水平可旋转的轮胎，其被推靠在路面上并由此旋转。 轮胎主轴组件由可在浮动平台上朝向和远离路面移动的滑架承载。 轮胎被推向轮辋的径向力被安装在平台和公路轮组件的固定底座之间的连杆结构抵消，使得平台相对于路面轮的基座的瞬时旋转大约是 车轮 连杆结构包括用于测量径向力的测力传感器。 该装置进一步包括测量轮胎的切向滚动阻力的通常在路面周边的称重传感器。