Techniques to Control Tire Temperature

Pneumatic tire design that balances uneven wear resistance with improved heat build-up resistance. The tire has circumferential main grooves forming shoulder and center land portions. The center land has narrow shallow grooves extending through it. The depth of these center grooves is in a range 0.025 to 0.150 of the main groove depth. This provides cooling to reduce heat build-up while maintaining rigidity to prevent uneven wear from vehicle sway.

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Centralized cooling system for vehicles like trucks, trains, etc. that actively cools brakes, wheels, tires, and bearings to prevent damage and extend component life. The system uses a central control module that monitors factors like braking force, vehicle speed, terrain, and air flow to optimize cooling times and intensities. It also has sensors to detect temperatures and interconnects with the vehicle's TPMS system to monitor tire temps. The module controls brushless fans with IP69 protection and current control. The system can operate with the vehicle off to dissipate heat. It provides an integrated, adaptive, and proactive cooling solution for vehicles compared to passive systems.

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A fixture for holding a cured tire during cooling without deforming the sidewalls. The fixture has cup segments with contact surfaces shaped to only engage the tread of the tire. This allows the tire to be held upright and cooled without contacting the sidewalls, preventing deformation that would occur if cooled horizontally. The tire can cool without inflation since it's held upright by the tread contact.

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Rubber composition for sidewalls that provides a cross-linked rubber with reduced heat buildup, high reinforcing ability, and improved tear resistance compared to conventional sidewall rubbers. The composition contains a specific type of solution-polymerized aromatic vinyl-conjugated diene copolymer with functional groups that interact with carbon, along with carbon black. The copolymer has a vinyl content of 0-50% in the conjugated diene units and 0.5-25% aromatic vinyl content. This composition enables sidewall rubbers with lower heat generation, higher reinforcement, and better tear resistance.

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An excessive temperature rise in vehicle tires during driving can degrade dynamic performance, safety, and fuel efficiency by increasing rolling resistance softening materials. To mitigate these issues, it is essential to enhance the cooling performance of without inducing significant aerodynamic penalties. In this study, we propose use sidewall-mounted fins investigate their aero-thermal effects under both ground-contact no-ground-contact conditions. Seven fin configurations were tested, with installation angles ranging from 67.5 67.5, positive indicating an orientation opposite direction wheel rotation negative alignment rotation. High-fidelity unsteady Reynolds-averaged NavierStokes simulations conducted using SST k-w turbulence model. The sliding mesh technique was employed capture transient flow behavior induced tire results showed that, conditions, 45 configuration achieved a 16.8% increase convective heat transfer drag less than 3%. Under 22.5 increased over 13% minimal penalty (~1.7%). These findings provide valuable guidance for designing passive solutions that... Read More

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A tire inflation system that uses a closed-loop convective cooling system to efficiently and continuously inflate tires without external power sources. The system uses a pump to circulate fluid between stages to maintain pressure in the tires. The fluid is cooled in the stages by convective cooling to prevent overheating. The closed-loop design allows continuous operation without external power.

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A tyre heating system for vehicles like trucks that can increase range by capturing excess electrical power generated during braking and using it to heat the tires instead of wasting it. The system has an electric power source like an electric motor or fuel cell that generates excess power during braking. When this exceeds the battery charging capability, it feeds the excess to the tire heating system. This avoids wasting the power and uses it to heat the tires, reducing rolling resistance and improving range.

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Polyurethane composition, foam, and molded products with improved properties for applications like tires. The composition has a unique ester/ether copolymer polyol derived from polyether polyols, polyhydric alcohols, and multifunctional carboxylic acids. Incorporating this copolymer into the polyurethane main chain enhances properties like internal heat buildup, thermal stability, tear strength, abrasion resistance, and hydrolysis resistance. It enables preparing microcellular polyurethane foams with the copolymer incorporated in the chain to improve properties like internal heat buildup, thermal stability, tear strength, abrasion resistance, and hydrolysis resistance.

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Tire tread design for heavy vehicles like dump trucks that improves durability on rough terrain and heat dissipation. The tread has blocks separated by sipes and has optimized cutout thicknesses. The outer portion of each cutout is thin, less than 20% of the cutout depth, while the inner portion is thicker. This balances crack resistance and venting. Outer transverse cutouts, internal cutouts in blocks, and outer longitudinal cutouts have similar thickness profiles.

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<div>This study introduces an innovative intelligent tire system capable of estimating the risk total hydroplaning based on water pressure measurements within tread grooves. Dynamic represents important safety concern influenced by depth, design, and vehicle longitudinal speed. Existing systems primarily assess using wedge effect, which occurs predominantly in deep conditions. However, shallow water, is far more prevalent real-world scenarios, effect absent at higher speeds, could make existing unable to reliably risk. Groove flow a key factor dynamics, it governed two mechanisms: interception rate pressure. In both cases, groove will increase as result increasing speed for constant depth. Therefore, grooves also approaches critical Unlike conventional systems, proposed design utilizes amplitude shape measured signals from Experimental results indicate that peak increases with hydroplaning. Furthermore, overall signal be By addressing limitations current offers robust solution real-time estimation across diverse driving conditions.</div>

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This study aims to develop a low-cost and energy-efficient Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) that provides real-time monitoring of tire pressure temperature using IoT-based wireless communication. The system was built the MS5803-14BA sensor, ESP32-C3 microcontroller, ESP-NOW protocol. Performance tested through laboratory real-world scenarios compared two commercial TPMS systems (Level A B). proposed achieved 95.91% accuracy, closely aligning with Level (99.87%) slightly outperforming B (95.35%). It showed highest sensitivity (10.00%) while maintaining stable readings (6.45%). In contrast, exhibited greater fluctuation (9.68%). protocol enabled reliable, low-power data transmission without interference. developed delivers high accuracy in detecting conditions real time demonstrates superior power efficiency environmental stability, making it strong alternative traditional RF-based solutions. can be integrated into smart vehicles or fleet management platforms, enhancing safety alerts enabling predictive maintenance. Future enhancements will include broader IoT connectivity, impro... Read More

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Heavy duty construction vehicle tire with reduced crown temperature for longer tire life. The tire has cavities extending into the tread from the surface or edge that contain a low-hysteresis elastomer layer with silica filler. The depth of the cavities varies linearly with the silica content of the adjacent low-hysteresis layer. This allows heat exchange between the cavities and external environment to dissipate internal tire heat.

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Active cooling system for vehicle tires that uses deployable deflector panels to increase airflow around the tires and prevent overheating. The deflector panels are mounted adjacent to the wheels and can extend outward beyond the vehicle body when deployed. This directs more air around the tires during driving, increasing convective cooling compared to when the panels are retracted. Sensors monitor tire conditions and if temperature exceeds a threshold, the panels deploy to boost airflow and prevent overheating.

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Pneumatic tire with improved grip and durability at high speeds. The tire has a tread with at least two rubber compounds with different thermal conductivities in the ground contacting surface. This allows efficient heat dissipation during high-speed running to prevent excessive heat buildup. The tire also has specific dimensions and groove geometry to further enhance grip and durability.

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Pneumatic vehicle tire with improved cooling and stone trapping resistance in the shoulder region. The tire has sidewall and tread with a shoulder-side profile rib containing depressions. The depression openings are elongated rectangular or trapezoidal, with angled end flanks and a base that transitions from inner base to outer base to a convex middle base. The depression length is 30-50% of the rib width. This shape provides better cooling by maximizing surface area and stone trapping resistance by preventing stone retention. The zigzag groove shape and depression placement beside bend inner sides further improves rigidity and cooling.

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<div class="section abstract"><div class="htmlview paragraph">This paper focuses on the development of a tire thermal model for automotive applications, addressing challenge accurately predicting temperatures different layers tire, under various driving conditions. The primary goal is to enhance understanding temperature behavior improve safety, performance, and durability. research utilizes physics 1-D from which system differential equations, describing interaction between derived. Furthermore, state observer used estimate temperatures, using Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) measurements correct predictions. In particular, TPMS are assumed be sufficient exclude additional contributions coming rims disk brakes, simplifies model, making it more suitable real-time applications. A calibration procedure defined deriving parameters, based data collected in maneuvers. For validation, predicted tread surface have been compared with infrared sensors measurements.</div><div paragraph">The final demonstrates how can differ across layers. use non-linear crucial... Read More

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Load wheel for vehicles like forklifts that has a hub design to improve performance and longevity by dissipating heat more effectively than traditional solid steel hubs. The hub has a cylindrical shape with bearings in the center core. The outer surface is smooth and free of projections that mechanically engage the tire. Instead, a non-pneumatic tire is bonded chemically to the hub using adhesive. This isolates the heat generated by the bearings from the tire elastomer, preventing thermal breakdown and bond failure. The hub has lower mass, higher surface area, and better heat transfer properties compared to solid steel hubs. This allows excess heat to be dissipated more efficiently, reducing temperatures experienced by the tire bond and bearings.

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Non-pneumatic electric wheel with integrated motor and temperature control for electric vehicles. The wheel has a hub, spokes, rim, tread, motor, and two shells. It uses a unique cooling system to maintain optimal motor and tire temperatures. The wheel has a heat dissipation module inside the inner shell. A heat sink attached to the motor transfers heat to a cooling fluid. The outer shell has vents to exhaust the hot fluid. The cooling system also has a thermostat to regulate temperature. When the motor gets too hot, the thermostat closes a valve to restrict fluid flow. When the motor cools, the valve opens. The wheel also has a tire pressure sensor to monitor tire temperature. If the tire gets too cold, a heating element inside the rim warms it. The wheel's unique design allows integrated temperature control for both the motor and tires.

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Method for controlling tire temperature in vehicles using circulating liquid and gas paths to heat or cool tires. The method involves detecting ambient temperature, tire temperature, and vehicle conditions like speed and pressure to decide whether to heat or cool tires. It uses a liquid treatment module to circulate heated/cooled fluid through the tires for temperature control, and a gas treatment module to circulate heated/cooled gas through the tires. This bilateral control using liquids and gases allows more efficient and flexible tire temperature regulation compared to just relying on ambient air or external heat sources.

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A pneumatic tire that exhibits excellent grip performance and durability during high-speed running, and also improved fuel efficiency. The tire achieves this by having tread regions with different thermal conductivities. These regions are made of rubber compositions with high and low thermal conductivity. The high thermal conductivity composition dissipates heat generated during high-speed running, preventing overheating and maintaining grip. The low thermal conductivity composition retains heat and provides durability.

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Automatically controlling tire temperature using a liquid circulation system with a heating/cooling module. The system circulates a heat exchange fluid between the tires and a module to heat or cool the tires. This avoids external fluid leaks affecting tire performance. The module state is controlled based on tire temperature and a target range. This enables automated tire temperature control without external liquid spraying.

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Tire temperature control and pressure stabilization method for vehicles using thermoelectric refrigeration and hanging hub generator technology. The method involves using a thermoelectric cooling/heating system inside the tire to actively regulate tire temperature. A temperature sensor detects tire temperature during driving, which is fed to a controller that operates thermoelectric cold and hot fins. The vehicle's kinetic energy is also harnessed through a suspended hub generator to provide power for the fins and stabilize tire pressure. This allows rapid and efficient temperature control without relying on manual tire pressure checks.

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Rubber composition for tire sidewalls, inner liners, and other rubber tire components provides improved heat aging resistance compared to conventional rubber compositions. The composition contains a compound, such as 3,4-dihydroxycinnamic acid, that acts as an antioxidant to prevent oxidation deterioration of the rubber.

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Pneumatic tire design with a tread rubber that reduces noise without sacrificing durability. The tire has an inner tread rubber with a lower loss tangent than the outer tread rubber. The lower loss tangent reduces heat buildup in the tread while still allowing the noise-damping properties of the inner rubber to be effective. This prevents excessive heat buildup in the tread which could degrade durability.

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Rubber composition for improved wear resistance and low heat generation in tires, achieved by using a specific combination of carbon blacks. The composition contains natural rubber, butadiene rubber, and carbon black at a specific content range. The key is using three types of carbon black with different surface areas and transmittance. The composition includes carbon black A with a specific surface area and transmittance.

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A tire rubber composition for heavy-duty tire treads that improves low heat generation and modulus properties. The composition contains a diene rubber with a tin-modified polybutadiene rubber, carbon black, silica, an amino group-containing compound, and a silane coupling agent. The composition has reduced carbon black and increased silica compared to previous compositions.

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Rubber composition for tires and other rubber products that balances low-strain and high-strain hysteresis losses. The composition includes a rubber component and specific compounds containing alkali or alkaline earth metals. These compounds improve the balance between low-strain and high-strain hysteresis losses, reducing heat generation while maintaining durability in applications like tires.

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Masterbatch manufacturing method to improve rubber properties and tire manufacturing method using the masterbatch. In masterbatch manufacturing, carbon black is in a slurry using a surfactant having an aromatic ring. This slurry is mixed with rubber latex and then coagulated to form a high-dispersion carbon black crumb. This improves the rubber's rupture strength and heat generation reduction when vulcanized. The tire manufacturing uses this masterbatch to prepare the rubber compound for the tire, leading to improved tire performance.

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A non-pneumatic tire design that addresses key challenges and enables high-performance non-pneumatic wheels for vehicles. The design features an optimized ratio of beam volume to surface area, beam thickness relative to wheel diameter, openings in the beam, reduced crack propagation susceptibility, and other characteristics to improve thermal management, impact resistance, and durability compared to existing non-pneumatic tires.

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Rubber composition for construction vehicle tires that reduces heat buildup while maintaining durability. The composition contains a specific hydrazide compound, zinc oxide, and carbon black mixed with diene rubber. Mixing conditions are optimized.

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A modified conjugated diene rubber that can be used in rubber compositions for tires that provide low rolling resistance, high wet grip, and improved durability. The modified rubber is made by end-capping a conjugated diene polymer chain with a siloxane compound. This end-capping with siloxane functional groups enhances compatibility with silica fillers, reduces heat buildup, improves wet grip, and provides excellent operation stability.

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Automatically adjusting tire pressure in vehicles to improve safety and efficiency by using a system with a semiconductor refrigerating sheet, temperature and pressure sensors, and an energy storage device. The system generates electricity by heating or cooling the sheet based on tire and ambient pressure and temperature differences. This powers the storage device to maintain proper tire pressure without manual intervention. The sheet's thermoelectric effect enables fast and autonomous pressure regulation.

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Tire tread composition to reduce the increase in hardness and decrease in wet grip from before to after heat aging. The tread contains a blend of styrene elastomer and urethane particles.

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Tire with improved balance of rigidity and heat buildup properties using cellulose nanofiber. The tire rubber composition contains natural rubber and cellulose nanofiber. The cellulose nanofiber is dispersed into the rubber using a specialized masterbatch manufacturing method. The master batch involves mixing cellulose nanofiber slurry with natural rubber latex, coagulating the mixture, and dewatering the coagulum. This allows better dispersion of cellulose nanofiber in the rubber compared to adding it directly. The improved dispersion of cellulose nanofiber increases tire rigidity while minimizing the negative impact of heat buildup.

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Tire temperature control system for vehicles that regulates tire temperatures to improve safety and performance. The system has sensors to monitor tire temperatures, and if they are outside a predetermined range, regulators and collectors are activated to cool or heat the tires as needed. This prevents excessive heat or cold from affecting tire performance and reducing safety. The system also takes ambient temperature into account to optimize tire temps based on environmental conditions.

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Spray-type automobile tire temperature regulation system to maintain optimal tire temperature for safety and performance in various weather conditions. The system has a temperature sensor, a cooling component with a condensing pump and showerhead, and a heating component with a pump and showerhead. When the tire temperature is below a threshold, the heating component sprays hot water. When above the threshold, the cooling component sprays cold water. When normal, both components are off. A water tank stores water for both components.

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A system to control tire temperature of solid tires to prevent overheating and damage. The system uses a bellows enclosure around the tire with an opening, fan, filter, and door. A temperature sensor on the tire monitors temperature. When the sensor detects high tire temperature during use, a controller activates the fan to blow cool air through the filter and bellows to dissipate heat. A rain sensor closes the door automatically when it rains to prevent water entry.

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Centralized cooling system for vehicles that can cool brakes, wheels, tires, and bearings to prevent overheating damage. The system uses a central ECU module to monitor factors like brake force, vehicle speed, terrain, and airflow. It then controls fans to cool the components. The system can also read vehicle data like brake light activation, speeds, and tire temps. It allows operating while the vehicle is off and has direct power and off buttons. This addresses issues like bakelization of tires and brake pad damage from heat.

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Device to reduce tire temperature during operation to improve tire life, fuel efficiency, and performance by actively cooling the tire surface. It uses sensors to detect when tire temperature exceeds design limits during driving. When this happens, a cold air duct with a movable outlet directs cold air to the tire surface. This lowers the tire temperature to optimal levels set during design, preventing excessive heat buildup that degrades tire life and performance.

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Tire hot quantity management method that reduces tire shoulder spot temperature and subtracts especially suitable for Puffer-type intelligent tire and new concept type intelligent tire Few thermal pollution extends tyre life and converts heat into electric energy and powers for intelligence sensor. The method includes arranged thermoelectric material in tire high-temperature area, thermoelectric material with Sensor connect, thermoelectric material by the waste heat that tire generates be converted into electric energy for sensor use or with vehicle electric system it is whole Close the electricity usage for automobile other component.

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A tire condition monitoring and cooling system for trucks that accurately and automatically cools tires based on real-time temperature data. The system uses sensors on the tires to monitor pressure and temperature. Water tanks with level sensors are mounted near the wheels. Wireless controllers connect the tanks to a display in the cab. Solenoid valves between the tanks and nozzles allow precise water flow. This allows the controller to automatically cool tires based on sensor data. The water is collected from the vehicle and controlled by the heating system.

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Dynamic adjustment of vehicle active chassis systems based on real-time tire temperature sensing. The method involves using tire temperature sensors to dynamically optimize active chassis components like brakes, AWD, steering, and suspension for better performance and safety. By adjusting these systems based on tire temperature, it allows full optimization over the entire temperature range rather than compromising in partial ranges. This improves vehicle dynamics as tires have nonlinear performance changes with temperature.

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A system to prevent tire damage due to internal temperature rise caused by environmental factors like high summer temps and internal factors like repeated braking. The system has a sensor inside the tire to measure internal temperature. When sensor reads above a threshold, a solenoid valve opens to inject cold air into the tire. This prevents damage from excessive internal heat buildup. The cold air is generated by a vortex tube that separates cold and hot air when compressed air is introduced.

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A tire temperature control system for vehicles that allows customization of tire temperatures to improve vehicle performance. The system uses sensors to monitor front and rear tire temperatures. It then adjusts the temperature of each tire independently to balance front-rear differences and maintain stability. This allows optimizing tire characteristics like grip, handling, and fuel efficiency based on specific driving scenarios. By actively controlling tire temperatures instead of just allowing natural variation, it provides more tunable vehicle performance compared to fixed tire compounds.

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An automated cooling system for car tires that uses thermoelectric cooling to prevent overheating and punctures in hot weather without adding fluids or gases. The system involves mounting a thermoelectric cooling device on the tire, connecting it to a power supply, and using an electronic monitoring system to wirelessly transmit tire parameters to a control unit. The control unit then turns the cooling device on when the tire temperature reaches a certain level, preventing overheating and punctures. The cooling is autonomous, silent, and does not require fluids or gases.

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