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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2004
Applicant:
Bertrand Daval, Bara, JP;
Inventor:
Bertrand Daval, Bara, JP;
Assignee:
Michelin Recherche Et Technique S.A., Granges-Paccot, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 11/00 (2006.01); B60C 11/11 (2006.01); B60C 11/117 (2006.01); B60C 11/12 (2006.01); B60C 23/00 (2006.01); G01M 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An elastic tire according to the invention comprises a tread () which comprises at least one unit () for measuring the grip of the tire on the ground, the measuring unit () being intended to come into contact with the ground on each revolution of the tire, and comprising, viewed at a radially outer face () of the tread (), a central zone () and an encircling zone () surrounding the central zone (), a sensor () sensitive to at least a tangential force exerted on the radially outer top () of the central zone () being provided opposite the top (), the central zone () and the encircling zone () satisfying the two conditions: