Dual-axis trigger for tire testing

US10024766B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC · US

Inventors

• Sergio A. Botello · Royalty Court, US
• Jacob R. Kidney · Wadsworth, US
• Juan C. Dehoyos · Royalty Court, US
• Gregory A. Rasor · Cuyahoga Falls, US
• David O. Stalnaker · Hartville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 2016
• Grant date: Jul 17, 2018
• Expiry date: Nov 20, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01M17/027
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Various embodiments relate to methods, systems, devices, and non-transitory media for increasing repeatability and reliability of tire testing trials including one or more of the following: capturing position data from a position sensor, wherein the capture of the position data is indicative of alignment with the desired testing area along the first axis; determining whether the position data indicates that the testing wheel is aligned with the desired testing area along a second axis that is perpendicular to the first axis, and when the position data indicates that the testing wheel is aligned with the desired testing area along a second axis, effecting initiation of a testing event.