Neutralization device for vehicles
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKoshi Yamada, Yoji Kanehara, Toshio Tanahashi
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Abstract
A neutralization device that neutralizes static electricity on a portion of a vehicle exposed to outside. The neutralization device causes corona discharge according to a positive potential thereof. The neutralization device is attached to a surface exposed outwardly widthwise of the vehicle in at least one of an inner circumferential portion of a tire and a predetermined point of an outer surface of tire wheel.
Claims11
A neutralization device for a vehicle having a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels, in which each of the wheels includes a tire wheel attached to a vehicle body and a tire made of non-conductive material that is mounted on the tire wheel,
- wherein the tire wheel comprises a non-conductive predetermined member,
- the non-conductive predetermined member further includes a predetermined point that is situated a predetermined distance away from a rotational center of the tire wheel and that is exposed to outside of the vehicle,
- the tire includes an inner circumferential portion fitted onto the tire wheel;
- the neutralization device is adapted to cause corona discharge when a positive potential of the predetermined point to which the neutralization device is attached exceeds a predetermined value, and
- the neutralizing device is attached to a surface exposed outwardly widthwise of the vehicle in at least one of the inner circumferential portion of the tire and a predetermined portion of the predetermined member,
- wherein the predetermined point is rotated around a rotational center axis of the tire wheel by rotation of the tire wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.