Tire performance testing apparatus
US9958359B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 13, 2014 |
| Grant date | May 1, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 18, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01M7/08
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A tire performance testing apparatus capable of reproducing conditions in which tire runs on actual road having a pothole, that is, conditions in which tire hits projection after moving in the air. The tire performance testing apparatus includes a tire running surface, a projection installing surface disposed on the front side of the end of the tire running surface in the traveling direction of a vehicle traveling on the tire running surface and positioned lower than the end of the tire running surface, and a projection disposed on the projection installing surface in such a manner as to protrude upward from the projection installing surface. And the distance between the end of the tire running surface and the projection is so set that the tire of a vehicle traveling on the tire running surface hits the projection after getting airborne away from the end of the tire running surface.
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