Tire temperature measurement apparatus
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1. An apparatus for contactless measurement of the internal temperature of a vehicle tire consisting of rubber-type material and having a surface, comprising:
- a vehicle tire supporting structure mounted in a vehicle;
a vehicle tire is aforesaid rotatively mounted on the structure and having an internal temperature;
a microwave receiver mounted on the vehicle and sensitive to electromagnetic radiation in a waveband in the frequency spectrum 10 to 100 GHz and operative for generating a temperature signal indicative of the internal temperature within a predetermined volume deep within the vehicle tire; and
a directional antenna mounted on the vehicle in proximity to the tire and having its output coupled to the receiver input and whose aperture and orientation relative to the vehicle tire are such that the antenna is responsive to radiation in the aforesaid waveband emanating substantially from said volume of the vehicle tire and leaving the vehicle tire through the surface of the vehicle tire.
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Abstract
A tire temperature measurement apparatus comprising a microwave receiver (9 or 11) sensitive to electromagnetic radiation in a waveband in the frequency spectrum 10 to 100 GHz and a directional antenna (5 or 7) coupled to the receiver input and responsive to radiation from a predetermined surface area only of the tire (1 or 3).
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1. An apparatus for contactless measurement of the internal temperature of a vehicle tire consisting of rubber-type material and having a surface, comprising:
- a vehicle tire supporting structure mounted in a vehicle;
a vehicle tire is aforesaid rotatively mounted on the structure and having an internal temperature;
a microwave receiver mounted on the vehicle and sensitive to electromagnetic radiation in a waveband in the frequency spectrum 10 to 100 GHz and operative for generating a temperature signal indicative of the internal temperature within a predetermined volume deep within the vehicle tire; and
a directional antenna mounted on the vehicle in proximity to the tire and having its output coupled to the receiver input and whose aperture and orientation relative to the vehicle tire are such that the antenna is responsive to radiation in the aforesaid waveband emanating substantially from said volume of the vehicle tire and leaving the vehicle tire through the surface of the vehicle tire. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- a vehicle tire supporting structure mounted in a vehicle;
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10. A vehicle tire-safety monitoring apparatus for contactless measurement of variable internal temperatures within a pneumatic tire which is constituted at least in part of poor thermally conducting rubber-type material at an outer tire-surface and which is subjected to heat build-up during operation of the vehicle on which the tire is mounted, said apparatus comprising:
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a directional antenna supported on the vehicle in the circumambient region of the vehicle tire, and having an aperture directed to a predetermined volume deep within the vehicle tire, said antenna aperture being dimensioned to collect electromagnetic radiation emanating from said predetermined volume and exiting through outer surface of the vehicle tire, said radiation being in the frequency band of 10 to 100 GHz; and receiver means mounted on the vehicle, including a microwave receiver tuned to said frequency band and operatively connected to the antenna, for generating temperature signals indicative of the variable internal temperatures within said predetermined volume.
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