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Lateral position control for tire tread wear test machine

US8196462B2 · kind B2 · utility

7Cited by

14References

10Claims

0Family size

Assignees

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC · US
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

David O. Stalnaker · Hartville, US
Takayuki Kurata · Tokyo, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 26, 2008
Grant date	Jun 12, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 26, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01M17/02
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of tire testing comprising applying a drive torque to a tire and a wheel assembly about an axis of rotation to drive the tire and wheel assembly and a rotatable drum with the tire in rolling contact with the rotatable drum; controlling a load pressure of the tire against the rotatable drum; and adjusting a lateral position of the tire across a surface of the rotatable drum.

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