US 11,945,182 B2
Assembly for placement of sensors within tire
Christopher Gillis, Greenville, SC (US); Michael Hansana, Simpsonville, SC (US); Jonathan Kyle Justice, Simpsonville, SC (US); James Secord, Easley, SC (US); and Alexandre Nadeau, Kentville (CA)
Assigned to Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand (FR)
Appl. No. 17/609,853
Filed by Compagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand (FR)
PCT Filed Jun. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/039407
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/263256, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219416 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B29D 30/00 (2006.01); B29D 30/54 (2006.01); B60C 25/00 (2006.01); G01M 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC B29D 30/0061 (2013.01) [B29D 30/54 (2013.01); B60C 25/005 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0066 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0077 (2013.01); B29D 2030/546 (2013.01); G01M 17/02 (2013.01); G01M 17/022 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly for positioning sensors within a tire, comprising:
a first bead sensor;
a second bead sensor;
a first sidewall/shoulder sensor;
a second sidewall/shoulder sensor;
a first actuator that moves the first bead sensor, the second bead sensor, the first sidewall/shoulder sensor, and the second sidewall/shoulder sensor in a radial direction of the tire;
a second actuator that moves the first bead sensor and the second bead sensor in an axial direction of the tire such that the first bead sensor and the second bead sensor move in the axial direction relative to the first sidewall/shoulder sensor and the second sidewall/shoulder sensor;
a third actuator that moves the first bead sensor and the second bead sensor in the radial direction such that the first bead sensor and the second bead sensor move in the radial direction relative to the first sidewall/shoulder sensor and the second sidewall/shoulder sensor;
a fourth actuator that moves the first bead sensor and the second bead sensor in the axial direction relative to one another; and
a fifth actuator that moves the first sidewall/shoulder sensor and the second sidewall/shoulder sensor in the axial direction relative to one another;
a frame that carries the first bead sensor, the second bead sensor, the first sidewall/shoulder sensor, the second sidewall/shoulder sensor, the first actuator, the second actuator, the third actuator, the fourth actuator, and the fifth actuator;
a post onto which the frame is pivotally mounted;
a frame actuator that is a pneumatic cylinder that urges the frame to pivot about the post such that the first bead sensor, the second bead sensor, the first sidewall/shoulder sensor, the second sidewall/shoulder sensor, the first actuator, the second actuator, the third actuator, the fourth actuator, and the fifth actuator pivot about the post.