Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tire inspection device and tire posture detection method
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Application No.: US15108576Application Date: 2015-02-24
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Publication No.: US10067036B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Morihiro Imamura , Hiroaki Yoneda , Kunio Matsunaga , Makoto Tachibana
- Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Hyogo
- Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
- Current Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Hyogo
- Agency: Kanesaka Berner and Partners LLP
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/055117 WO 20150224
- International Announcement: WO2016/135839 WO 20160901
- Main IPC: G01M17/02
- IPC: G01M17/02

Abstract:
A tire inspection device according to the present invention includes a support portion which supports a tire such that a center axis of the tire is positioned along a vertical direction, a lifting and lowering portion which moves the tire and a rim relative to each other in the vertical direction to fit the rim to the tire, a position detection unit which detects a position of a surface of the tire in the vertical direction at three or more detection points, and a posture detection unit which detects posture information of the tire based on position information detected by the position detection unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170003198A1 TIRE INSPECTION DEVICE AND TIRE POSTURE DETECTION METHOD Public/Granted day:2017-01-05
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