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Tire burst prediction device

  • US 6,879,938 B2
  • Filed: 10/12/2001
  • Issued: 04/12/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A tire burst predicting device comprising:

  • wheel speed detecting means which detects a speed of a wheel;

    ground contact state estimating means which estimates a physical quantity representing a ground contact state between the wheel and a road surface on the basis of the detected wheel speed;

    rate of change detecting means which detects a rate of change of the estimated physical quantity representing the ground contact state between the wheel and the road surface; and

    predicting means which predicts occurrence of bursting of the wheel by judging whether or not the detected rate of change is a value outside of a predetermined range.

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