Patent · US Expired

Pneumatic automobile tire with integrated sensors and traction control system

US6339956B1 · kind B1 · utility

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22References

23Claims

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Assignee

Continental AG · DE

Inventors

Heinrich Huinink · Garbsen, DE
Andreas Köbe · Bensheim, DE
Volkmar Fries · Garbsen, DE
Klaus Kleinhoff · Rodenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 7, 1999
Grant date	Jan 22, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 7, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60W2530/20
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pneumatic vehicle tire includes a carcass, a bead with a bead core arranged in the bead, and a first sensor located within the bead. The first sensor delivers signals which are correlated to frictional forces transmitted by the pneumatic vehicle tire during operation. This sensor has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end includes a heel attached to the bead core and the second end extends radially outward from the bead core within the tire. A plurality of such sensors can be included in each tire, some for measuring longitudinal forces in a circumferential direction of the tire and others for measuring lateral forces in an axial direction of the tire.

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