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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Arnaud Dufournier, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Assignee:
Compagnie Générale des Etablissements Michelin & Cie, Clermont-Ferrand Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 1/700 ; B60C 1/704 ; B60C 1/706 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 1/700 ; B60C 1/704 ; B60C 1/706 ;
Abstract
A safety insert is designed to be mounted in an assembly including a tire and a rim of a vehicle, so that on bearing of the tire against the insert, the insert will generate multiple vibrating signals of the rotation frequency of the tire. In one embodiment, the vibrating signals are generated by a variation of at least one of the outer radius and radial stiffness as a function of azimuth &agr;, which presents at least four maxima distributed in at least twice two different values M and M