US 12,379,287 B2
Method for a flat spot detection
Chidambaram Subramanian, Greensboro, NC (US)
Assigned to Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Jun. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/342,816.
Claims priority of application No. 22190081 (EP), filed on Aug. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0053230 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. B60T 8/171 (2006.01); B60T 8/172 (2006.01); G01M 17/02 (2006.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01)
CPC G01M 17/02 (2013.01) [B60T 8/171 (2013.01); B60T 8/172 (2013.01); B60T 8/1725 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for detecting a flat spot of a tire of a first wheel of a vehicle, the method comprising:
obtaining a plurality of measurements indicative of an actuation and/or a motion of at least part of a suspension arrangement, the suspension arrangement being a pneumatic suspension arrangement and arranged to provide suspension for the first wheel; and
detecting that the tire has a flat spot by determining that the plurality of measurements fulfills one or more predetermined conditions, the plurality of measurements comprising at least one measurement which indicates any one or more out of an air flow, an air flow rate, an air pressure, and/or an air pressure change of the pneumatic suspension arrangement.