Patent classifications
B60C2019/005
Charging devices within wheel portions
Systems, methods, and devices are described with respect to storing energy in an electric vehicle. At least one coil winding located in a wheel assembly is provided, where the wheel assembly includes a tire and a rim. At least one charge storage device located in the wheel assembly is provided. At least one electrical storage unit located within the electric vehicle is provided, where an induced charge resulting from the at least one winding passing through an electromagnetic field created by at least one power transmission line is stored in the at least one charge storage device and transferred to the at least one electrical storage unit via the rim of the wheel assembly.
TIRE WITH MAGNETIC TREAD DETECTION
A tire includes at least one annular structure configured to interface with a wheel. The tire also includes a circumferential tread disposed in a crown region of the tire and a package having magnetic particles and an erodible medium, disposed within the circumferential tread. The magnetic particles are distributed along a gradient of increasing concentration.
Tire assembly and tire deformation state determination system
A tire assembly includes a tire and a shape measurement unit utilizing magnetism. The shape measurement unit is provided with one device of a magnetic generator or a magnetic sensor configured to detect a distance of separation from the magnetic generator based on a magnetic field generated by the magnetic generator to acquire a deformation state of a sidewall, in a first region that is any one of a tread-portion-corresponding region and bead-portion-corresponding regions that are on an inner surface of the tire, the tread-portion-corresponding region corresponding to a tread portion and the bead-portion-corresponding regions corresponding to bead portions, and is provided with another of the magnetic generator or the magnetic sensor in a second region.
CHARGING DEVICES WITHIN WHEEL PORTIONS
Systems, methods, and devices are described with respect to storing energy in an electric vehicle. At least one coil winding located in a wheel assembly is provided, where the wheel assembly includes a tire and a rim. At least one charge storage device located in the wheel assembly is provided. At least one electrical storage unit located within the electric vehicle is provided, where an induced charge resulting from the at least one winding passing through an electromagnetic field created by at least one power transmission line is stored in the at least one charge storage device and transferred to the at least one electrical storage unit via the rim of the wheel assembly.
FLOATING ARMATURE
Devices and systems are provided to isolate and/or reduce vibration from a charging panel. A system for reducing vibration between a charging panel of an electric vehicle and the electric vehicle may include a charging panel, an armature coupled to the charging panel, and a floating section, wherein the armature is between the floating section and the charging panel.
Mounting method of electromagnetic generator and tire with built-in electromagnetic generator
When an electromagnetic generator 10 having a pendulum structure is mounted on an interior surface of a tire 20, an equivalent pendulum length l of a pendulum 14 is adjusted such that an integral multiple of a period of the pendulum 14, which is determined by the equivalent pendulum length l of the electromagnetic generator 10, is not in agreement with both of an integral multiple of a circumferential length L of the tire 20 and a length S of a non-grounded part of the tire, which is obtained by subtracting a ground contact length C from the circumferential length L of the tire 20, whereby the power generation capacity of the electromagnetic generator mounted on the tire can be improved regardless of the type of the tire.
TIRE, VEHICLE MOUNTED WITH SAID TIRE, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM
A tire having a tread member which has a contact surface made of an elastomer whose viscoelasticity is changed by applying an electric field or a magnetic field, which affords an advantage of enabling control of hysteresis loss near the contact surface of the tread member of the tire.
Tire-wheel assembly, tire, and wireless power receiving system
A tire-wheel assembly includes: a wheel having a rim portion at least part of which is formed of a non-magnetic material; and a tire mounted on the rim portion, in which a tread portion includes a belt formed of a non-magnetic material. The wheel includes, inside the rim portion in a tire radial direction, a container portion that contains a power receiving device that receives electric power supplied wirelessly from outside of the tire in the tire radial direction. The tire includes bead fillers. When BFH represents a radial height of the bead fillers and SH represents a tire cross-sectional height, 0.1BFH/SH0.5 holds true.