Ground compaction images
AssigneeBridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
InventorsDennis W. Snyder, Anthony B. Duncan
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Abstract
A method is provided for generating a ground compaction image. A pressure sensing panel is placed on a relatively rigid planar supporting surface. The pressure sensing panel is covered with a depth of particulate material. A loaded tire is placed on the particulate material, and a ground compaction image is generated with the pressure sensing panel. A ground compaction display may be created by superimposing the ground compaction image on a physical three-dimensional model of an interface between the particulate material and the loaded tire.
Claims28
A method of generating a ground compaction image for a tire, comprising:
- (a) placing a relatively flexible pressure sensing panel on a relatively rigid planar supporting surface;
- (b) covering the pressure sensing panel with a depth of particulate material;
- (c) placing a tire on the particulate material;
- (d) loading the tire;
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- (e) generating a ground compaction image with the pressure sensing panel.
A ground compaction display for a tire, comprising:
- a physical three-dimensional model of an interface between a ground surface and a loaded tire;
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- a ground compaction image superimposed on the three-dimensional model.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.