TIRE UNIFORMITY TESTING SYSTEM - MICRO POISE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS LLC

Title:

TIRE UNIFORMITY TESTING SYSTEM

Document Type and Number:

Japanese Patent JP2010256365

Kind Code:

A

Abstract:

To make conversion and maintenance of tire sizes easy.

A tire uniformity testing system includes a testing station (12) mounted on a gantry-like frame structure and an inlet conveyor (10) located adjacent to the testing station. The inlet conveyor receives a tire (102) and centers the tire (102) so that its rotational axis (154) is located at predetermined distance from the rotational axis (156) of the testing station (12), and a conveyor (100a) transports the tire (102) to the testing station (12). The testing station (12) includes rotatable chuck and spindle assemblies mounted to the frame which include upper and lower rims that engage the beads of the tire (20) and are rotated to rotate the tire (20). The rotating tire (20) is engaged by a loadwheel (42) that generates electrical signals indicative of the uniformity of the tire (20).

Inventors:

REYNOLDS DENNIS ALLYN
BORMET FRANCIS J
CUKELJ RICHARD
JELLISON FRANK R
LEES DAVID W SR
NEIFERD KEITH A
QUINN CHRISTY

Application Number:

JP2010141373A

Publication Date:

November 11, 2010

Filing Date:

June 22, 2010

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

MICRO POISE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS LLC

International Classes:

G01M17/02; B60C25/00; B60C25/132; G01M1/16; G01M1/34; G01M1/38; B60C19/00

Domestic Patent References:

JPS5141586A	1976-04-07
JPH0386530A	1991-04-11
JPH01155234A	1989-06-19
JPS4815981A
JPS5197101A	1976-08-26
JPH0235054A	1990-02-05
JPS6196353A	1986-05-15

Foreign References:

US5027649A	1991-07-02
US4023407A	1977-05-17

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

Atsushi Aoki
Jun Tsuruta
Tetsuro Shimada
Hirose Shigeki
Ryuichi Nishimura
Kazuo Maejima

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