Patent ID: 11945182
Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 0:
1. An assembly for positioning sensors within a tire, comprising:
a first bead sensor;
a second bead sensor;
a first sidewall/shoulder sensor;
a second sidewall/shoulder sensor;
a first actuator that moves the first bead sensor, the second bead sensor, the first sidewall/shoulder sensor, and the second sidewall/shoulder sensor in a radial direction of the tire;
a second actuator that moves the first bead sensor and the second bead sensor in an axial direction of the tire such that the first bead sensor and the second bead sensor move in the axial direction relative to the first sidewall/shoulder sensor and the second sidewall/shoulder sensor;
a third actuator that moves the first bead sensor and the second bead sensor in the radial direction such that the first bead sensor and the second bead sensor move in the radial direction relative to the first sidewall/shoulder sensor and the second sidewall/shoulder sensor;
a fourth actuator that moves the first bead sensor and the second bead sensor in the axial direction relative to one another; and
a fifth actuator that moves the first sidewall/shoulder sensor and the second sidewall/shoulder sensor in the axial direction relative to one another;
a frame that carries the first bead sensor, the second bead sensor, the first sidewall/shoulder sensor, the second sidewall/shoulder sensor, the first actuator, the second actuator, the third actuator, the fourth actuator, and the fifth actuator;
a post onto which the frame is pivotally mounted;
a frame actuator that is a pneumatic cylinder that urges the frame to pivot about the post such that the first bead sensor, the second bead sensor, the first sidewall/shoulder sensor, the second sidewall/shoulder sensor, the first actuator, the second actuator, the third actuator, the fourth actuator, and the fifth actuator pivot about the post.