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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2012
Applicants:
Kenneth L. Oblizajek, Troy, MI (US);
John D. Sopoci, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Jinshuo Zhu, Novi, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth L. Oblizajek, Troy, MI (US);
John D. Sopoci, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Jinshuo Zhu, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 17/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided for evaluating a tire. The method includes impacting the tire with a force; measuring motion information; extracting the resonant frequencies from the measured motion information; and calculating stiffness characteristics of the tire from the resonant frequencies.