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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2008
Applicant:
Bradley R. Smith, Byron, MN (US);
Inventor:
Bradley R. Smith, Byron, MN (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Differential expansion (or contraction) of areas of a tire sidewall is measured by constructing height profiles of the tire at each of at least two different static pressures to detect defects in the tire. Light sources project a plurality of illuminated lines onto a tire and cameras are used to record the position of the lines to construct the height profiles of a rotationally fixed position tire.