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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2004
John L. Turner, Akron, OH (US);
David O. Stalnaker, Hartville, OH (US);
James D. Ulmer, Akron, OH (US);
Erik F. Knuth, Akron, OH (US);
John L. Turner, Akron, OH (US);
David O. Stalnaker, Hartville, OH (US);
James D. Ulmer, Akron, OH (US);
Erik F. Knuth, Akron, OH (US);
Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
A method of developing a set of input forces used to analyze tire wear includes the steps of characterizing a wear course by driving a vehicle over the wear course and measuring data related to a plurality of forces experienced by the vehicle. A vehicle characterization model for a target vehicle having at least one tire is developed. The vehicle characterization model is used to calculate force data that represents the forces that would be experienced by at least one tire of the characterized vehicle if the characterized vehicle were driven over the characterized wear test course in the first vehicle configuration. The force data is then used to analyze tire wear using a computer prediction technique or by running an indoor wear test on the tire.