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- Patent Title: Tire uniformity improvement through identification of measurement process harmonics using multiple revolutions in a uniformity measurement machine
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Application No.: US15500141Application Date: 2014-07-31
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Publication No.: US10247640B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: William David Mawby
- Applicant: William David Mawby , COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN , MICHELIN RECHERCHE et TECHNIQUE S.A.
- Applicant Address: FR Clermont-Ferrand
- Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
- Current Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
- Current Assignee Address: FR Clermont-Ferrand
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- International Application: PCT/US2014/049151 WO 20140731
- International Announcement: WO2016/018368 WO 20160204
- Main IPC: G01M17/02
- IPC: G01M17/02 ; B29D30/00 ; B29D30/06

Abstract:
Methods and systems for improving the uniformity of a tire are provided. More particularly, one or more parameters of a measurement process harmonic contributing to uniformity measurements performed for a tire can be identified. The measurement process harmonic can be a process harmonic effect associated with the acquisition of uniformity measurements of a tire, such as a process harmonic effect associated out-of-roundness of a road wheel used to load a tire during uniformity measurement in a uniformity measurement machine. The measurement process harmonic can result solely from the acquisition of uniformity measurements and may not contribute to actual tire non-uniformity. Once identified, the one or more parameters associated with the measurement process harmonic can be used to correct the uniformity measurements of the tire to account for the measurement process harmonic. Tire manufacture can then be modified to improve tire uniformity based on the corrected measurements.
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