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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2007
Applicants:
Jun Matsuda, Hiratsuka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kitazaki, Hiratsuka, JP;
Naoshi Miyashita, Hiratsuka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method derives a deformation amount of a contact-portion of the tire based on the tire information, the contact-portion being in contact with the ground, and calculates an evaluation value based on the derived deformation amount, and comparing the calculated evaluation value with a reference value to determine whether or not the internal mechanical failure has occurred in the tire.