Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Equipment for testing a calibrated gas leak on a tyre valve, plug for such equipment, and associated method for controlling leak detection
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Application No.: US16204799Application Date: 2018-11-29
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Publication No.: US11320331B2Publication Date: 2022-05-03
- Inventor: Bruno Rousseau , Hugo Streicher
- Applicant: ATEQ
- Applicant Address: FR Les Clayes sous Bois
- Assignee: ATEQ
- Current Assignee: ATEQ
- Current Assignee Address: FR Les Clayes sous Bois
- Agency: Young Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane, P.C.
- Priority: FR1761485 20171130
- Main IPC: G01L27/00
- IPC: G01L27/00 ; B60C23/04 ; B60C29/06

Abstract:
The invention relates to equipment, devices and methods for testing a calibrated leak or passage of pressurized gas from a tire. In one example, a test plug including a calibrated cross section orifice and a predetermined gas flow rate is connected to a tire. The test plug applies a pressure opening the tire valve member to release gas from the tire through the test plug. In one example, a TPMS sensor and a TPMS measurement tool are used to measure the decrease of air pressure in the tire through the test plug and determine if the TPMS sensor is operating properly. In one example, a plurality of test plugs with different gas flow rates are provided. A method for testing the calibrated leak using the test plug is further disclosed.
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