Patents Assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE SED ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
  • Tire air pressure optimization system for improving tread wear
    Patent number: 9045012
    Abstract: A system is provided for automatically adjusting the air pressure of a tire based on variations in loading to improve tread wear. For a particular loading of the tire, the system provides for the determination of a preferred air pressure setting designed to minimize tread wear. This preferred air pressure, Pp, is determined from an analysis of the longitudinal stresses that occur within the contact patch of the tread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignees: MICHELIN RECHERCHE et TECHNIQUE S.A., COMPAGNIE GENERALE SED ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: William Bennett Clayton, Dave Michael McKibben, Zachary Alexander Merrill, Lawrence Otis Williamson, Wayne Carl Yount