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Sensing device with proximity detection for tire inspection

  • US 10,315,471 B2
  • Filed: 03/24/2016
  • Issued: 06/11/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A sensor device for tire inspection that is removably positionable along an inner surface of a tire, the tire defining radial, axial, and circumferential directions, the device comprising:

  • a body comprising an outermost inspection surface configured for removable positioning along a surface of the tire;

    a plurality of tire inspection sensors positioned at the outermost inspection surface, the tire inspection sensors displaced from each other along the radial direction of the tire when the device is positioned along the surface of the tire; and

    a plurality of tire proximity sensors positioned at the outermost inspection surface of the device, the tire proximity sensors displaced from each other along the radial direction of the tire when the device is positioned along the surface of the tire, each tire proximity sensor configured to provide a signal indicative of the distance between the tire proximity sensor and the surface of the tire or a component within the tire.

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