Abstract: A molded composite battery enclosure containing top and bottom composite covers attached together. The joined top and bottom composite cover structures form an enclose or open area for housing a battery system of battery cells and cooling devices. The composite battery enclosures are lightweight and made of materials that can function to absorb energy and insulate the battery housing area. The composite structures contain a core material adhered and sandwiched between skin fiber layers and an electromagnetic shielding material or resin incorporated into one of the composite structures.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for estimating tire wear based on acoustic footprint analysis. Tire-mounted sensors provide signals corresponding to dynamic mechanical behavior of the tire, and a computing device graphically constructs spectra comprising time and frequency content of the signals and implements models comprising predetermined spectra associated with an unworn version of the tire for comparison with the graphically constructed spectra for a footprint region of the tire. Graphical features of the spectra associated with the footprint region of the tire are extracted as predefined indicators of stiffness change based on the comparison, wherein tire wear state is estimated based on the extracted graphical features. Exemplary graphical features may include high frequency energy signatures at the footprint region, signal damping signatures at a trailing edge of the footprint region, increased energy signatures in a tread passage frequency band at the footprint region, and the like.

Abstract: A wheel/hub assembly includes an axle shaft, a wheel, and a hub supporting the wheel on the axle shaft. The wheel/hub assembly has a target resonant frequency of vibration. A tuned mass-spring damper is vibrationally coupled to the wheel/hub assembly, and has a counteracting resonant frequency of vibration that is predetermined with reference to the target resonant frequency of vibration.

Abstract: A wheel/hub assembly includes an axle shaft, a wheel, and a hub supporting the wheel on the axle shaft. The wheel/hub assembly has a target resonant frequency of vibration. A tuned mass-spring damper is vibrationally coupled to the wheel/hub assembly, and has a counteracting resonant frequency of vibration that is predetermined with reference to the target resonant frequency of vibration.

Abstract: A wheel/hub assembly includes an axle shaft, a wheel, and a hub supporting the wheel on the axle shaft. The wheel/hub assembly has a target resonant frequency of vibration. A tuned mass-spring damper is vibrationally coupled to the wheel/hub assembly, and has a counteracting resonant frequency of vibration that is predetermined with reference to the target resonant frequency of vibration.

Abstract: A wheel/hub assembly includes an axle shaft, a wheel, and a hub supporting the wheel on the axle shaft. The wheel/hub assembly has a target resonant frequency of vibration. A tuned mass-spring damper is vibrationally coupled to the wheel/hub assembly, and has a counteracting resonant frequency of vibration that is predetermined with reference to the target resonant frequency of vibration.

Abstract: A toroidal tire structure has a circumferential tread portion, a pair of bead portions, opposite sidewall portions, and a target resonant frequency of vibration. A tuned mass-damper is operatively coupled to the tire structure. The tuned mass-damper has a counteracting resonant frequency of vibration that is predetermined with reference to the target resonant frequency of vibration.