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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2012
Kanwar Bharat Singh, Stow, OH (US);
John Michael Fenkanyn, Akron, OH (US);
Amrita Patel, Copley, OH (US);
Peter Jung-min Suh, Copley, OH (US);
Arthur Allen Goldstein, Mayfield Village, OH (US);
Kanwar Bharat Singh, Stow, OH (US);
John Michael Fenkanyn, Akron, OH (US);
Amrita Patel, Copley, OH (US);
Peter Jung-min Suh, Copley, OH (US);
Arthur Allen Goldstein, Mayfield Village, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A load estimation system and method for estimating vehicle load includes a tire rotation counter for generating a rotation count from rotation of a tire; apparatus for measuring distance travelled by the vehicle; an effective radius calculator for calculating effective radius of the tire from the distance travelled and the rotation count; and a load estimation calculator for calculating the load carried by the vehicle tire from the effective radius of the tire. A center of gravity height estimation may be made from an estimated total load carried by the tires supporting the vehicle pursuant to an estimation of effective radius for each tire and a calculated load carried by each tire from respective effective radii.