Magnetic drive-over system providing tire tread thickness/depth measurement
AssigneeBridgestone Americas, Inc.
InventorsMichael Stangler, Shady Tarek El Bassiouny, Steven Noyce, Aaron Daniel Franklin, David Alan Koester, Stephen W. Brooks
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Abstract
A system for measuring a tread of a tire can include a nonmagnetic layer, a frame, and a housing. The nonmagnetic layer can provide a drive-over surface adapted to receive the tire thereon including the tread to be measured. The frame can have a magnet and a magnetic sensor coupled thereto. The housing can include a cavity therein. The frame with the magnet and the magnetic sensor can be mounted in the cavity. The nonmagnetic layer can be provided on the housing and on the frame.
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A system for measuring a tread of a tire, the system comprising:
- a nonmagnetic layer providing a drive-over surface adapted to receive the tire thereon including the tread to be measured;
- a frame having a magnet and a magnetic sensor coupled thereto, the magnet being separate from the magnetic sensor, and a pitch between the magnet and the magnetic sensor within the frame being configurable to adjust measurement granularity;
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- a housing including a cavity therein, the frame with the magnet and the magnetic sensor being mounted in the cavity, and the nonmagnetic layer being provided on the housing and on the frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.