Method and device for adapting tires of a means of locomotion to given travel situations
AssigneeDaubner & Stommel GbR Bau-Werk-Planung
InventorMatthias Stommel
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Abstract
A method for adapting tires (14) of an, in particular, motor-driven means of locomotion to given travel situations, in particular of a passenger car, of a truck or the like. The shape of at least one tire (14), preferably of a plurality of tires (14) or of all the tires (14), is changed selectively, and preferably automatically, during the journey as a function of the travel situation.
Claims16
A method for adapting tires of a motor-driven means of locomotion to given travel situations, comprising the step of selectively changing the shape of at least one tire (14) during a journey as a function of the travel situation, wherein:
- the shape of the at least one tire (14) is changed by performing open-loop and/or closed-loop control of shape-changing means (18) which are assigned to the at least one tire (14), and on which the open-loop and/or closed-loop control is performed electronically, and
- the shape-changing means on which the open-loop and/or closed-loop control is performed have traction means (20) that act on the at least one tire (14) and with which traction forces, by means of which sidewalls (14a, 14b) of the at least one tire (14) are moved towards one another, are generated as a function of the travel situation.
A means of locomotion having a tire (14) that can be deformed as a function of a travel situation in order to adapt tires of a motor-driven means of locomotion to given travel situations so as to selectively change the shape of the tire (14) during a journey as a function of the travel situation, wherein:
- the means of locomotion comprises an open-loop and/or closed-loop control device by means of which the shape of the tire (14) is adapted to the travel situations;
- the shape-changing means on which the open-loop and/or closed-loop control is performed have traction means (20) that act on the tire (14) and with which traction forces, by means of which sidewalls (14a, 14b) of the tire (14) are moved towards one another, are generated as a function of the travel situation;
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- the traction means (20) are embodied in such a way that the traction forces by means of which the sidewalls (14a, 14b) of the tire (14) are moved towards one another are generated as a function of the travel situation.
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