TIRE WELLNESS SYSTEM
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1. A truck comprising;
- a tractor having an axle arrangement which includes at least one rear axle and a steering axle;
a trailer hitched to the tractor, the trailer having an axle arrangement which includes at least one rear axle and which may include no front axle or more than one front axle;
at least one tire mounted on each end of each of the tractor'"'"'s axles in a tire-axle configuration and at least one tire mounted on each end of each of the trailer'"'"'s axles in a tire-axle configuration;
a sensor associated with each tire, each sensor acquiring tire-condition data about its respective tire and transmitting this tire-condition data;
a tractor proctor mounted to the tractor which receives the tire-condition data transmitted from the sensors associated with the tires mounted on the tractor axles; and
a trailer proctor mounted to the trailer which receives the tire-condition data transmitted from the sensors associated with the tires mounted on the trailer axle(s).
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Abstract
A truck comprises a tractor and a trailer hitched thereto. At least one tire is mounted on each end of each of the tractor'"'"'s axles and at least one tire is mounted on each end of each of the trailer'"'"'s axles. A sensor is associated with each tire. Each sensor acquires tire-condition data about its respective tire and transmits this tire-condition data to a proctor. The proctor can coordinate realtime tire-condition displays, facilitate flagging of tire-condition problem tires in a fleet yard, and/or allows large data downloads for historical evaluation.
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1. A truck comprising;
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a tractor having an axle arrangement which includes at least one rear axle and a steering axle; a trailer hitched to the tractor, the trailer having an axle arrangement which includes at least one rear axle and which may include no front axle or more than one front axle; at least one tire mounted on each end of each of the tractor'"'"'s axles in a tire-axle configuration and at least one tire mounted on each end of each of the trailer'"'"'s axles in a tire-axle configuration; a sensor associated with each tire, each sensor acquiring tire-condition data about its respective tire and transmitting this tire-condition data; a tractor proctor mounted to the tractor which receives the tire-condition data transmitted from the sensors associated with the tires mounted on the tractor axles; and a trailer proctor mounted to the trailer which receives the tire-condition data transmitted from the sensors associated with the tires mounted on the trailer axle(s). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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32. A vehicle comprising:
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an axle arrangement including at least one axle; at least one tire mounted on each end of each axle to provide the vehicle with a tire-axle configuration; a sensor associated with each tire, each sensor acquiring tire-condition information about its respective tire and transmitting this information; a proctor mounted to the vehicle which receives the tire-condition information transmitted from the sensors; wherein the proctor has a processor programmable to correspond to the tire-axle configuration and to map the sensors to this tire-axle configuration. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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58. A fleet comprising a plurality of vehicles parked in a yard and proctor mounted in or near the yard;
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each vehicle has an axle arrangement including at least one axle and at least one tire is mounted on each end of each axle; wherein a sensor is associated with each tire which acquires tire-condition information about its respective tire and transmits this information; wherein the proctor receives the tire-condition information transmitted from the sensors; and wherein the proctor delivers the tire-condition information to a display destination and/or a download destination. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62)
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63-73. -73. (canceled)
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