ACCELERATION SENSOR-ATTACHED TIRE

• US 20090071249A1
• Filed: 11/16/2005
• Published: 03/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yokohama Rubber Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Yokohama Rubber Company Limited
• Inventors: Miyashita, Naoshi, Hashimura, Yoshiaki, Matsuda, Jun, Kitazaki, Tsuyoshi, Hattori, Yutaka
• Application Number:
  US11/719,191
• Publication Number:
  US 20090071249A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 73/514.330
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 19/00 Tyre parts or constructions not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2204/113 Tyre related sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/123 by piezo-resistive elements, e.g. semiconductor strain gauges
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/18 in two or more dimensions
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 2015/084 the mass being suspended at more than one of its sides, e.g. membrane-type suspension, so as to permit multi-axis movement of the mass

Abstract

An acceleration sensor-attached tire is provided which can detect acceleration in one arbitrary direction, in two or more directions where vectors are linearly independent of each other, or in two or more directions where vectors of the detected acceleration cross each other generated in a tire in a practical velocity range. A sensor unit 100 is embedded inside a tire, and the acceleration in three directions crossing each other and generated in the tire 300 is detected by an acceleration sensor provided in this sensor unit, and the detected acceleration is transmitted. The acceleration sensor is a micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) type sensor and comprises a semiconductor acceleration sensor.

Claims

1. An acceleration sensor-attached tire, comprising

one or more sensor units for transmitting a detection result by a sensor for detecting a predetermined physical amount to outside the tire in a wireless manner, wherein:

said sensor unit is provided with an MEMS type acceleration sensor; and

said acceleration sensor has means for detecting acceleration in arbitrary one or more directions at a mounting position.

2. The acceleration sensor-attached tire according to claim 1, wherein

said acceleration sensor has means for detecting acceleration in two or more directions where vectors of the detected acceleration are linearly independent of each other at the mounting position.

3. The acceleration sensor-attached tire according to claim 1, wherein

said acceleration sensor has means for detecting acceleration in two or more directions where the vectors of the detected acceleration cross each other at the mounting position.

4. The acceleration sensor-attached tire according to claim 1, wherein

said acceleration sensor is a semiconductor acceleration sensor having a silicon-piezo type diaphragm.

5. The acceleration sensor-attached tire according to claim 1, wherein

said sensor unit has an area of 100 mm² or less and a height of 5 mm or less.

6. The acceleration sensor-attached tire according to claim 1, wherein

said acceleration sensor has means for detecting at least one of the acceleration in the tire circumferential direction, the acceleration in the tire width direction and the acceleration in the tire radial direction.

7. The acceleration sensor-attached tire according to claim 1, wherein

said sensor unit is embedded inside the tire.

8. The acceleration sensor-attached tire according to claim 1, wherein

said sensor unit is provided on the surface of an inner liner.