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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2003
Eugene L. Shaw, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Forrest S. Wright, Rochester, MI (US);
Eugene L. Shaw, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Forrest S. Wright, Rochester, MI (US);
Shearographics, LLC, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Abstract
Described is an anomaly detector apparatusfor detecting an anomaly in a tire comprising: a source of coherent lightto shine the lightdirectly onto the tire surfaceand the light being reflectedfrom the tire; a stressing apparatuswhich can stress the tire; a reflected light receiving apparatusfor receiving the lightreflected directly from the tire surfacewhen the tire is in a stressed and unstressed condition; a processorwhich compares images of reflected light from the reflected light receiving apparatuswhen the tire is stressed and unstressed thereby ascertaining an anomaly in the tire and generates an output from the comparison; and a display apparatuselectronically connected to the processor for displaying the output from the processor.