Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pneumatic tire, tire wear information acquisition system, and method for acquiring wear information of pneumatic tire
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Application No.: US16768048Application Date: 2018-11-26
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Publication No.: US11541695B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Atsushi Tanno
- Applicant: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
- Current Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Thorpe North & Western
- Priority: JPJP2017-228004 20171128
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/043327 WO 20181126
- International Announcement: WO2019/107296 WO 20190606
- Main IPC: B60C11/24
- IPC: B60C11/24 ; G01B7/26 ; B60C11/03 ; B60C19/00

Abstract:
A tread portion of a pneumatic tire includes a columnar wear measurement magnet that has magnetic flux density or magnetic field strength formed thereby decreased due to wear thereof along with wear of tread rubber of the tread portion and a columnar reference magnet provided at a position where the columnar reference magnet is not worn with the wear of the tread rubber. The wear measurement magnet and the reference magnet extend from a tread surface side toward a tire cavity region of the pneumatic tire, and an end of the reference magnet on the tread surface side is located farther from a tread surface where the tread portion contacts the ground than an end of the wear measurement magnet on the tread surface side.
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