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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2003
Tire distortion detecting method, distortion detector, sensor unit thereof, and tire having the same
Yutaka Hattori, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Hattori, Kanagawa, JP;
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tire distortion detecting method for detecting a detection of the tire during the running of a vehicle, a distortion detector, a sensor unit thereof, and a tire having the same whereby the occurrence of a deterioration can be reduced and applicability is widened to a control system such as a stability control system. Sensor unitsare embedded at some intervals in the circumferential direction of the tire. In the sensor unit, a conductor pattern is changed in shape according to a distortion of a tireso as to change the resonance frequency of a radiated electromagnetic wave. An electromagnetic wave is radiated from a monitoring deviceAn electromagnetic wave radiated from the sensor unitis compared with a detection result stored when no distortion occurs on the tire, so that a distortion of the tireis detected.