Method for improving vehicle tire tread wear
AssigneeAmbient Corporation
InventorRichard T. King
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Abstract
Described is a method of optimizing tire pressures in order to obtain maximum tire tread life and performance. The method involves calculation of the live and dead loads on each individual tire of the vehicle. Grown diameter of the tires in use is obtained from published data sheets. The grown diameter is then multiplied by an empirically derived tread length determining factor to obtain an optimum tread length in contact with the road surface. In turn the tread length is multiplied by effective tread width to obtain a footprint area for the tires. Finally, the load carried by the individual tires is divided by the footprint area to obtain an optimum inflation pressure.
Claims11
A method of determining optimum pressure for obtaining maximum tire tread wear and performance which comprises:
- determining vehicle curb weight distributed to front and rear axles;
- further determining occupant and cargo weight distribution distributed to front and rear axles;
- calculating total weight distributed to each front and rear axle with occupants and cargo and converting to load on each individual tire;
- determining optimum tread length in contact with the ground for front and rear tires by dividing grown tire diameter by a tread length determining factor;
- measuring the effective tread width;
- multiplying optimum tread length by effective tread width to give a desired footprint area, and
- dividing tire load by footprint area to determine optimum inflation pressure.
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