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Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021

Filed:

May. 23, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Albert Dennes, Tucson, AZ (US);

Junfeng Xu, Tucson, AZ (US);

John A. Rohe, Tucson, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 19/00 (2006.01); B60C 23/04 (2006.01); B60C 19/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 19/00 (2013.01); B60C 19/122 (2013.01); B60C 23/0401 (2013.01); B60C 23/0493 (2013.01); B60C 2019/004 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus includes a grid circuit having dimensions corresponding to an inner surface of a tire, a computational device coupled to the grid circuit, and a wireless communications device coupled to the computational device. The wireless communications device is configured to transmit detection of damage to the grid circuit. A computer-implemented method includes monitoring a grid circuit positioned in a tire to detect damage to conductors of the grid circuit, detecting damage to at least one of the conductors of the grid circuit, and transmitting information about the damage to a computer of a vehicle. A computer-implemented method includes receiving, from a computational device coupled to a grid circuit in a tire, information about damage to the grid circuit and outputting an indication that the tire is damaged.


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