Device and Method for Measuring Air Tightness of Aluminum Alloy Hub or Tyre

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016368332-A1
Application number	US-201615183899-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 16, 2016
Priority date	Jun 16, 2015
Publication date	Dec 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention provides a device for measuring air tightness of an aluminum alloy hub or a tyre and a method for measuring the air tightness of the aluminum alloy hub or the tyre by using the device. The device includes a pressure measurement device mounted into a hub or tyre to be measured, an inflation device in gas connection with an inside of a tyre of a wheel to be measured, and a data acquiring and processing device; wherein the inflation device includes a flow measurement component.

First claim

1 . A device for measuring air tightness of an aluminum alloy hub or a tyre, comprising:
a pressure measurement device mounted into the hub or the tyre to be measured, an inflation device in gas connection with the inside of the tyre of a wheel to be measured, and a data acquiring and processing device, wherein the inflation device comprises a flow measurement component.

2 . The device for measuring the air tightness of the aluminum alloy hub or the tyre according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure measurement device is a tyre pressure sensor mounted inside a tyre on an aluminum alloy hub.

3 . The device for measuring the air tightness of the aluminum alloy hub or the tyre according to claim 1 , wherein the inflation device comprises a pressure gage, a gas flowmeter, a connection pipeline, a shut-off valve and a gas source, the pressure gage being in gas connection with the inside of the tyre on the aluminum alloy hub and being in gas connection with the gas flowmeter, the gas flowmeter being in gas connection with the shut-off valve through the connection pipeline, and the shut-off valve being in gas connection with the gas source.

4 . The device for measuring the air tightness of the aluminum alloy hub or the tyre according to claim 1 , wherein the data acquiring and processing device comprises a data acquiring device and a data processing device, the data acquiring device being configured to receive tyre pressure data from the tyre pressure sensor, and transmit the tyre pressure data to the data processing device.

5 . The device for measuring the air tightness of the aluminum alloy hub or tyre according to claim 4 , wherein the data processing device is a single-chip microcomputer or an electronic computer.

6 . The device for measuring the air tightness of the aluminum alloy hub or the tyre according to claim 5 , wherein the single-chip microcomputer internally stores a control and analysis software, which is configured to:
read temperature from the tyre pressure sensor when the measurement begins, control to inflate enclosed spaces of the tyre and the hub with compressed air when the temperature is stable, close a valve and the shut-off valve when a first pressure p 1 is reached within a first time t 1 , and record an accumulated inflation flow value V within the first time t 1 ; control the device to hold for a second time t 2 and record a second pressure p 2 within the second time t 2 , with an interval t between t 1 and t 2 ; calculate a leakage rate of the hub according to a formula L=(p 1 −p 2 )V/(tp 2 ); output that the air tightness of the hub or tyre to be measured is qualified when L is not larger than 5×10 −6 Pa*m 3 /s; and output that the air tightness of the hub or tyre to be measured is unqualified when L is larger than 5×10 −6 Pa*m 3 /s.

7 . The device for measuring the air tightness of the aluminum alloy hub or the tyre according to claim 6 , wherein the first pressure p 1 is 180 kPa to 220 kPa, and preferably 200 kPa.

8 . The device for measuring the air tightness of the aluminum alloy hub or the tyre according to claim 1 , wherein the tyre pressure sensor is a real-time detection sensor.

9 . A method for measuring air tightness of an aluminum alloy hub or a tyre, comprising the following steps:
(1) assembling a wheel or tyre to be measured into a wheel-tyre assembly, mounting the wheel-tyre assembly onto the device according to claim 1 , and balancing in a constant-temperature environment; (2) inflating enclosed spaces of the tyre and the hub with compressed air, closing a valve and a shut-off valve when a first pressure p 1 is reached within a first time t 1 , and recording an accumulated inflation flow value V within the first time t 1 ; (3) keeping the device in the step (2) in the constant-temperature environment and recording a second time t 2 and a second pressure p 2 within the second time t 2 , with an interval t between t 1 and t 2 ; and (4) calculating a leakage rate of the hub according to a formula L=(p 1 −p 2 )V/(tp 2 ).

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first pressure p 1 is 180 kPa to 220 kPa, and preferably 200 kPa.

Assignees

• Citic Dicastal Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Chunhai
• Yin Zhigao
• Sun Hanbao
• Tang Debin
• Lv Jinqi
• Li Zhipeng
• Zhu Zhihua
• Wang Yongning
• Li Changhai

Classifications

• G01L17/00 Primary

  Devices or apparatus for measuring tyre pressure or the pressure in other inflated bodies · CPC title

• B60C23/04

  mounted on the wheel or tyre · CPC title

• B60C23/02 Primary

  Signalling devices actuated by tyre pressure {(hand-held tyre pressure gauges G01L17/00)} · CPC title