Tire fault portion prediction system and tire fault portion prediction method

• US 10,408,710 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2015
• Issued: 09/10/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
• Original Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
• Inventors: Kitora, Atsushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Ingram, Thomas
• Application Number:
  US15/531,319
• Publication Number:
  US 20170343452A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,384 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 11/24 Wear-indicating arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 11/246 Tread wear monitoring systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 19/00 Tyre parts or constructions not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: G01M 17/02 Tyres

Abstract

The tire fault portion prediction system of this disclosure comprises: a tire running parameter measurement unit, a state characteristic value measurement unit, a degree of fatigue characteristic value calculation unit, and a tire fault portion prediction unit for predicting fault portions of a tire based on a degree of fatigue characteristic value of at least one of the tire constituent members and the tire running parameter. The tire fault portion prediction method of this disclosure comprises: measuring a tire running parameter, measuring state characteristic values, calculating degree of fatigue characteristic values, and predicting fault portions of a tire based on a degree of fatigue characteristic value of at least one of the tire constituent members and the tire running parameter.

Claims

1. A tire fault portion prediction system comprising:

a tire running parameter measurement unit for measuring a tire running parameter,

a temperature measurement unit for measuring temperatures of tire constituent members, and

a degree of fatigue characteristic value calculation unit for calculating degree of fatigue characteristic values corresponding to degrees of fatigue of the tire constituent members based on the temperatures measured with the temperature measurement unit, and

predict fault portions of a tire based on at least one of the fatigue characteristic values and the tire running parameter.

2. The tire fault portion prediction system according to claim 1, further comprising a memory unit storing information obtained by relating the fault portions of the tire with the fatigue characteristic values and the tire running parameter.

3. The tire fault portion prediction system according to claim 2, wherein:

the information stored in the memory unit uses a coordinate system in which two axes are the two parameters.

4. The tire fault portion prediction system according to claim 2, wherein:

one fault portion or a plurality of fault portions are predicted based on the information stored in the memory unit.

5. The tire fault portion prediction system according to claim 2, wherein:

one fault portion or a plurality of fault portions are predicted based on the information stored in the memory unit.

6. The tire fault portion prediction system according to claim 2, the fatigue characteristic value is a thermal history obtained by integrating a temperature of the tire constituent member with respect to a running time.

7. The tire fault portion prediction system according to claim 2, wherein:

one fault portion or a plurality of fault portions are predicted based on the information stored in the memory unit; and

the fatigue characteristic value is a thermal history obtained by integrating a temperature of the tire constituent member with respect to a running time.

8. The tire fault portion prediction system according to claim 2, wherein:

one fault portion or a plurality of fault portions are predicted based on the information stored in the memory unit; and

a type of tire for a user is determined by using the predicted fault portions.

9. The tire fault portion prediction system according to claim 2, wherein:

one fault portion or a plurality of fault portions are predicted based on the information stored in the memory unit; and

conditions of use of a tire for a user are determined by using the predicted fault portions.

10. The tire fault portion prediction system according to claim 1, wherein:

the fatigue characteristic value is a thermal history obtained by integrating a temperature of the tire constituent member with respect to a running time.

11. The tire fault portion prediction system according to claim 1, wherein:

the fatigue characteristic value is a thermal history obtained by integrating a temperature of the tire constituent member with respect to a running time; and

a type of tire for a user is determined by using the predicted fault portions.

12. The tire fault portion prediction system according to claim 1, wherein:

the fatigue characteristic value is a thermal history obtained by integrating a temperature of the tire constituent member with respect to a running time; and

conditions of use of a tire for a user are determined by using the predicted fault portions.

13. A tire fault portion prediction method comprising:

measuring a tire running parameter with a tire running parameter measurement unit,

measuring temperatures of tire constituent members with a temperature measurement unit,

calculating fatigue characteristic values corresponding to degrees of fatigues of the tire constituent members based on the temperatures measured with the temperature measurement unit,

predicting fault portions of a tire based on at least one of the fatigue characteristic values and the tire running parameter, and

showing the predicted fault portions with a display unit.

14. The tire fault portion prediction method according to claim 13, further comprising:

determining a type of tire for a user with the processor, by using the predicted fault portions, and

showing the determined type of tire with the display unit.

15. The tire fault portion prediction method according to claim 14, further comprising:

determining conditions of use of a tire for a user by using the predicted fault portions, and

showing the determined condition of use with the display unit.

16. The tire fault portion prediction method according to claim 13, further comprising:

determining conditions of use of a tire for a user by the predicted fault portions, and

showing the determined condition of use with the display unit.