Accoustic/vibration sensor and tire assembly and method of construction thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8977422-B1
Application number	US-201314072870-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Nov 6, 2013
Priority date	Nov 6, 2013
Publication date	Mar 10, 2015
Grant date	Mar 10, 2015

Abstract

A system maintains integrity of a vehicle, a wheel, and/or a tire. The system includes a sensor mounted to the wheel or the tire and a processor for receiving data from the sensor. The processor analyzes the data and forms a status estimation of the vehicle, the wheel, and the tire. The processor further transmits the status estimation and a recommendation for repair to an appropriate party.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for maintaining integrity of a vehicle comprises:
other vehicles for accurately determining road conditions;
a sensor mounted to a tire;
a processor for receiving data from the sensor, the processor analyzing the data and forming a status estimation of the vehicle, the wheel, and the tire, the processor further transmitting the status estimation and a recommendation for repair to an appropriate party,
the processor receiving the data through an intermediate device comprising a hardwired network, the processor being in communication with a common repository such that data from the sensor is combined with data from sensors of the other vehicles for cross-referencing and determination of road conditions whereby the processor recommends tire rotation, a traction control update, and vehicle alignment to the appropriate party and the common repository determines the GPS coordinates of a pothole.

2. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the sensor is an acoustic sensor.

3. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the sensor is a vibration sensor.

4. The system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the data from the sensor is used by the processor for determining road conditions at selected GPS coordinates.

Assignees

• Goodyear Tire & Rubber

Inventors

• Westfall David Michael

Classifications

• B60T8/1725 Primary

  Using tyre sensors, e.g. Sidewall Torsion sensors [SWT] (for tyre pressure and temperature detection B60C23/00) · CPC title

• G07C5/006 Primary

  Indicating maintenance · CPC title

• B60C2019/004

  Tyre sensors other than for detecting tyre pressure · CPC title

• G06K19/07764

  the adhering arrangement making the record carrier attachable to a tyre (tyre temperature or pressure control arrangements, see B60C23/00) · CPC title

• B60C2019/007

  triggered by sensors · CPC title