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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen E Thomas, Fremont, CA (US);
Mark S Thomas, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340443 ; 340447 ; 340449 ; 340445 ; 200 6122 ; 116 / ; 731465 ;
Abstract
A truck tire/wheel assembly detection system in which the moving thermal dynamics of a truck are measured before cooling off, by passing over and around contact or non-contact thermometers directed toward the tire/wheel assembly and transmits the approximate temperature of each tire/wheel assembly to a computer which will compares the output data and identifies each abnormally overheated tire/wheel assembly and print out location on rig and other information that may be required. A modem controlled by the computer is used to advise other interested parties of rig condition at this check out point.