Device for detecting wear of a tire

• US 10,252,581 B2
• Filed: 06/14/2013
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fyster AS
• Original Assignee: Fyster AS
• Inventors: Hellerud, Wiggo R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Allen, Andre J
• Application Number:
  US14/895,000
• Publication Number:
  US 20160114632A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,125 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 11/243 Tread wear sensors, e.g. electronic sensors
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 11/246 Tread wear monitoring systems
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 61/00 Motor vehicles or trailers, characterised by the arrangement or number of wheels, not otherwise provided for, e.g. four wheels in diamond pattern

Abstract

Device (10) for detecting and indicating wear of a tire (15), where the device (10) comprises at least one moisture detector (30) located in a tread of the tire.

Claims

1. A device for detecting and indicating wear of a tire, where the device-comprises:

at least one moisture detector comprising at least one dry charged catalytic electrode accumulator operating as an energy generator, and which is located below a wear surface in a tread area of the tire; and

a transmitter (40) connected to the electrode accumulator for transmitting signals indicating wear of the tire (15).

2. The device according to claim 1, further comprising an identification of the device.

3. The device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising several stacked wear surfaces in the tread area of the tire, and where the at least one moisture detectors is located below each wear surface.

4. The device according to claim 3, where each wear surface comprises different thickness and/or materials such that each surface has a different time span to be worn down during use.

5. The device according to claim 1, where the energy generator is at least two dry charged catalytic electrode accumulators that are located below the at least one wear surface in the tread area of the tire, each comprising different types of catalytic accumulators for generating different voltages.

6. The device according to claim 1, further comprising one or more additional sensors for detecting other physical parameters than moisture.

7. The device according to claim 6, where the additional sensor is a temperature sensor.

8. The device according to claim 1, where the device is enclosed in a housing.