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US 6,644,106 B2Granted
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.
Claims11
A method for analyzing thermal differences in a rotating tire comprising the steps of:
- (a) using a thermal detecting device to detect the presence, form, and location of standing waves based upon thermal differences within a tire wall tire;
- (b) obtaining a tire wall temperature profile of the rotating tire from the detected presence, form, and location of thermal differences;
- (c) analyzing thermal data obtained;
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- (d) creating a thermal image based upon heat dissipation in the tire wall.
2 more elements
A method for analyzing heat dissipating properties within a tire wall in a rotating tire comprising the steps of:
- (a) using a thermal detecting device to obtain profile data of flexure-induced thermal differences within the tire wall;
- (b) creating a thermal image of the heat dissipation within the tire wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.