A tire testing device includes a carriage configured to rotatably hold a test wheel provided with a test tire and being capable of travelling on a base along a road surface in a state where the test wheel is made to contact the road surface, and a driving system configured to drive the test wheel and the carriage. The driving system includes a carriage driving part configured to drive the carriage with respect to the road surface in a predetermined speed, a test wheel driving part configured to drive the test wheel in a rotating speed corresponding to the predetermined speed, a driving part configured to generate power to be used to drive the carriage and the test wheel, and a power distributing part configured to distribute power generated by the driving part to the carriage driving part and the test wheel driving part.

Provided is a tire mounting method for mounting tires on a tire holding device 1, wherein the tire holding device comprises a pair of split rim members 4 facing each other, a center axis A of each of the pair of split rim members is on a common predetermined axis O, the tire mounting method includes: a clamping step clamping a tire by the pair of split rim members, and a rotating step, after the clamping step, mounting each bead portion of the tire to the pair of split rim members while rotating the pair of split rim members around the predetermined axis.

Disclosed herein are various embodiments relating to devices, systems and methods relating to the mounting and inflating of tires for use in automotive applications. There is a need in the art for improved devices, systems and methods for tire mounting and inflation, so as to allow a user to prepare racing tires without mounting on a rim.

A pneumatic tire pre-conditioning system includes a conveyor system, a belt assembly, a friction device and a drive system. The conveyor system includes a tire engaging surface, a first side, and a second side. The belt assembly is adjacent to the first side of the tire engaging surface. The friction device is adjacent to the second side of the tire engaging surface. The drive system is configured to move a tire along the tire engaging surface in a path between the belt assembly and the friction device.

A sensor device for tire inspection is provided. The sensor device is configured for removable placement upon or near the surface of the tire. The sensor device includes one or more tire inspection sensors configured to inspect e.g., the condition of one or more components or portions of the tire. The sensor device also includes one or more proximity sensors configured to detect whether the sensor device is in proper proximity of the tire such that the one or more tire inspection sensors can operate correctly.

A tire comprises a toroidal carcass, which has a central cavity and at least one body ply, which is partially folded onto itself and, hence, laterally has two turn-ups, each having an edge of the body ply resting against an intermediate portion of the body ply. Two annular beads are each surrounded by the body ply and having a bead core and a bead filler. An identification label is fixed in a removable manner, for example by gluing, and arranged in the area of an annular bead and supports a temporary RFID device, which can be read from a distance.

A checking method and line for checking a tyre for vehicle wheels. The tyre is associated with a model associated with a setting for image acquisition devices. Once the model is obtained, preliminary images of the tyre are acquired, from which at least one adjustment value representative of at least one geometric characteristic of the tyre is obtained. A deviation between the at least one adjustment value and a respective reference value associated with the model is then calculated. The setting associated with the model of tyre is then adjusted based on the calculated deviation and the tyre is then inspected to look for possible production defects by acquiring images of at least part of the surface of the tyre using the image acquisition devices, set according to the adjusted setting.

A connection structure is connected between a wrench head of a torque wrench and a socket, and the connection structure contains: a body, a casing, and two positioning members. The body includes a coupling section, a driving section, an extension defined between the coupling section and the driving section, and two bolts oppositely inserted into the body from an outer wall of the coupling section. The casing includes a first part, a second part, and two accommodation grooves respectively defined on two inner walls of the first part and the second part and located adjacent to the coupling section. Each of the two positioning members is housed in each of the two accommodation grooves, wherein each positioning member includes multiple toothed projections arranged on an inner wall thereof and abutting against each of the two bolts.

Examples embodiments relate to techniques for automatic condition analysis of vehicle tires. A robotic device may initially obtain air pressure data corresponding to a vehicle tire from a first sensor and perform a first comparison between an air pressure level of the vehicle tire and a threshold air pressure level. Responsive to the air pressure level of the vehicle tire exceeding the threshold air pressure level, the robotic device may use a mechanical manipulator to rotate the vehicle tire and obtain sensor data representing an outer surface of the vehicle tire during rotation from a second sensor. The robotic device may then perform a second comparison between sensor data representing the outer surface of the vehicle tire and a model for the vehicle tire. The robotic device may then use the second comparison to generate a diagnostic output that represents a condition of the vehicle tire.

A system and method for utilizing identification data from RFID tags, engraved QR codes, or embossed serial numbers associated with individual tires or vehicles to monitor or track the physical location and/or condition of individual tires and/or a vehicle across multiple pieces of automotive service equipment within the service shop environment. Tire and/or vehicle identification data is communicated from automotive service equipment to a cloud-based data processing application to generate or supplement an accessible record or log of data associated with one or more pieces of automotive service equipment, a vehicle service shop, an individual tire, a vehicle, or a customer.