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US 2002/0162398 A1Published application
Thermal detection of standing waves
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsTuck Foo Thum, John Michael Fenkanyn
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Abstract
A thermal detecting device can be used to detect standing waves in a tire. A one degree F. differential has been found to exist between the high flexing points and the low flexing points in a standing wave, and thermal imaging can be used to map the wave. Information on the standing waves can be used by the tire designer to improve a design.
Claims4
A method for detecting standing waves in a rotating tire comprising the steps of
- (a) using a thermal detecting device to obtain a temperature profile of a rotating tire, and
- (b) analyzing thermal data obtained.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.