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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Texas Research International, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Robert Philip Brushaber, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Research International, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 5/00 (2006.01); G01M 17/02 (2006.01); B60C 23/00 (2006.01); B60C 23/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 17/025 (2013.01); B60C 23/003 (2013.01); B60C 23/066 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tire deformation sensing and tire inflation system for tires that makes use of ultrasonic sensors embedded in the bead lock of the tire to measure time intervals between transmitted ultrasonic signals and the echo received signals to and uses the information obtained to adjust the tire pressure through a central tire inflation system.