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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
James C Beebe, Kent, OH (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364508 ; 364552 ; 73146 ;
Abstract
Tires are measured for a parameter correlated to a tendency to contribute to steering pull when used on a vehicle. A group of the measured tires is then ranked into a successive series by ordering the parameter measurements of the tires in the group non-decreasingly or non-increasingly. A set of at least two tires of substantially consecutive rank are then selected for mounting on the same vehicle in order to reduce steering pull.