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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Applicants:
William Allen Arnold, Akron, OH (US);
Chenghsiung Lin, Hudson, OH (US);
Christopher Aldrich Brown, Cazenovia, NY (US);
Torbjorn Stansen Bergstrom, Worcester, MA (US);
Douglas Jeffrey Geiger, Basseterre, KN;
Inventors:
William Allen Arnold, Akron, OH (US);
Chenghsiung Lin, Hudson, OH (US);
Christopher Aldrich Brown, Cazenovia, NY (US);
Torbjorn Stansen Bergstrom, Worcester, MA (US);
Douglas Jeffrey Geiger, Basseterre, KN;
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire + Rubber Company, Inc., Akron, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A portable device for measuring friction, especially friction between tire treads and road surfaces is disclosed. The portable friction tester is shaped as an equilateral triangle providing three points of contact for samples in the road surface.