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US 12,379,287 B2Granted
Method for a flat spot detection
AssigneeVolvo Truck Corporation
InventorChidambaram Subramanian
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Abstract
A method for detecting a flat spot of a tire of a first wheel of a vehicle. The method comprises obtaining a plurality of measurements indicative of an actuation and/or a motion of at least part of a suspension arrangement. The suspension arrangement is arranged to provide suspension for the first wheel. The method further comprises detecting that the tire has a flat spot by determining that the plurality of measurements fulfills one or more predetermined conditions.
Claims14
A method for detecting a flat spot of a tire of a first wheel of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- obtaining a plurality of measurements indicative of an actuation and/or a motion of at least part of a suspension arrangement, the suspension arrangement being a pneumatic suspension arrangement and arranged to provide suspension for the first wheel;
- and
- detecting that the tire has a flat spot by determining that the plurality of measurements fulfills one or more predetermined conditions, the plurality of measurements comprising at least one measurement which indicates any one or more out of an air flow, an air flow rate, an air pressure, and/or an air pressure change of the pneumatic suspension arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.