IP Library Granted Patent US 10,295,429
Granted Patent B2
US 10,295,429 · App. 15/546,785 · Granted May 21, 2019

Tire balance measurement device, evaluation method of tire balance measurement device, calibration method of tire balance measurement device, and calibration program of tire balance measurement device

Inventors: Tatsuya Ueda (Hiroshima, JP); Takumi Tsumura (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
G01M1/16
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Patent No.
US 10,295,429
App. No.
15/546,785
Granted
May 21, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tire balance measurement device includes a rotation drive portion, an eccentric force measurement unit, a calculation unit, and an evaluation unit. The eccentric force measurement unit measures an eccentric force generated in a main shaft. The calculation unit calculates an eccentric amount of the main shaft based on the eccentric force measured by the eccentric force measurement unit. The evaluation unit evaluates the eccentric amount of the main shaft based on a correlation between the eccentric force measured by the eccentric force measurement unit when the main shaft is rotated at a predetermined rotation speed, and the rotation speed.

Claims (32)

1. A tire balance measurement device, comprising:

a rotation drive portion which rotates a main shaft which supports at least one of a pair of rims;

an eccentric force measurement unit which measures an eccentric force generated in the main shaft when the main shaft is rotated;

a calculation unit which calculates an eccentric amount of the main shaft based on the eccentric force measured by the eccentric force measurement unit; and

an evaluation unit which evaluates the eccentric amount of the main shaft, on which no tire is interposed, based on a correlation between the eccentric force calculated by the calculation unit based on the eccentric force measured when the main shaft is rotated at a predetermined rotation speed by the rotation drive portion, and the rotation speed.

2. The tire balance measurement device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a correction unit which corrects Calculation Expression used in a calculation by the calculation unit based on an evaluation result of the eccentric amount by the evaluation unit.

3. The tire balance measurement device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the evaluation unit evaluates the eccentric amount of the main shaft based on a correlation between the eccentric amount calculated by the calculation unit based on the eccentric force measured when the main shaft is rotated at each rotation speed by rotating the main shaft at a plurality of rotation speeds different from each other, and the rotation speed.

4. An evaluation method of a tire balance measurement device including

a pair of rims,

a rotation drive portion which rotates the pair of rims,

an eccentric force measurement unit which measures an eccentric force generated in a main shaft when the main shaft which supports at least one of the pair of rims is rotated, and

a calculation unit which calculates an eccentric amount of the main shaft based on the eccentric force measured by the eccentric force measurement unit,

the method comprising:

a step of evaluating the eccentric amount of the main shaft, on which no tire is interposed, based on a correlation between the eccentric amount calculated by the calculation unit based on the eccentric force measured when the main shaft is rotated at a predetermined rotation speed by the rotation drive portion, and the rotation speed.

5. A calibration method of a tire balance measurement device including

a pair of rims,

a rotation drive portion which rotates the pair of rims,

an eccentric force measurement unit which measures an eccentric force generated in a main shaft when the main shaft which supports at least one of the pair of rims is rotated, and

a calculation unit which calculates an eccentric amount of the main shaft based on the eccentric force measured by the eccentric force measurement unit,

the method comprising:

a step of evaluating the eccentric amount of the main shaft, on which no tire is interposed, based on a correlation between the eccentric amount calculated by the calculation unit based on the eccentric force measured when the main shaft is rotated at a predetermined rotation speed by the rotation drive portion, and the rotation speed; and

a step of correcting Calculation Expression used in a calculation by the calculation unit based on an evaluation result of the eccentric amount by the step of evaluating the eccentric amount of the main shaft.

6. A calibration program of a tire balance measurement device including

a pair of rims,

a rotation drive portion which rotates the pair of rims,

an eccentric force measurement unit which measures an eccentric force generated in a main shaft when the main shaft which supports at least one of the pair of rims is rotated, and

a calculation unit which calculates an eccentric amount of the main shaft based on the eccentric force measured by the eccentric force measurement unit,

the program comprising:

processing of evaluating the eccentric amount of the main shaft, on which no tire is interposed, based on a correlation between the eccentric amount calculated by the calculation unit based on the eccentric force measured when the main shaft is rotated at a predetermined rotation speed by the rotation drive portion, and the rotation speed; and

processing of correcting Calculation Expression used in a calculation by the calculation unit based on an evaluation result of the eccentric amount by the processing of evaluating the eccentric amount of the main shaft.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 044951/0069 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2017
From: UEDA, TATSUYA; TSUMURA, TAKUMI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043598/0369 →
Continuity (1)
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