Abrégé

A system includes: a sensing assembly including at least three sensors configured to be spaced about a gasket disposed between two mating surfaces, each sensor of the at least three sensors configured to detect a distance between the two mating surface at a respective location of the sensor; a processing device in communication with the sensing assembly, the processing device configured to: obtain the distances at the respective locations of the at least three sensors; compare the distances to a target range corresponding to a target compression range of the gasket; and when the distances of all of the at least three sensors is within the target range, provide a first indicator that the gasket is in the target compression range and when at least one distance is outside the target range, provide a second indicator that at least a portion of the gasket is outside the target compression range.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01B 21/16 - Dispositions pour la mesure ou leurs détails, où la technique de mesure n'est pas couverte par les autres groupes de la présente sous-classe, est non spécifiée ou est non significative pour mesurer la distance ou le jeu entre des objets espacés
• G01M 13/005 - Bagues d’étanchéité

Abrégé

An example sensing device includes: a deformable body configured to couple to an inner surface of a tire, the deformable body configured to deform between a neutral deformation outside of a contact zone of the tire and a contact zone deformation over the contact zone of the tire; an inner chamber defined by the deformable body between the deformable body and the inner surface of the tire; and a pressure sensor coupled to the deformable body, the pressure sensor configured to: measure a first change in pressure of the inner chamber when the deformable body deforms from the neutral deformation to the contact zone deformation; and measure a second change in pressure of the inner chamber when the deformable body deforms from the contact zone deformation to the neutral deformation.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01B 13/24 - Dispositions pour la mesure caractérisées par l'utilisation de fluides pour mesurer la déformation dans un solide
• B60C 23/00 - Dispositifs pour mesurer, signaler, commander ou distribuer la pression ou la température des pneumatiques, spécialement adaptés pour être montés sur des véhiculesAgencement sur les véhicules des dispositifs de gonflage des pneumatiques, p. ex. des pompes ou des réservoirsAménagements pour refroidir les pneumatiques

Abrégé

An example sensing arrangement for a tire includes: a substrate configured to couple the sensing arrangement to an inner side of the tire; a deformation sensor supported by the substrate and configured to collect deformation data representing deformation at the inner side of the tire; a control module configured to transmit the deformation data collected by the deformation sensor to a recipient device.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60C 23/06 - Dispositifs avertisseurs actionnés par la déformation du pneumatique
• B60C 23/04 - Dispositifs avertisseurs actionnés par la pression du pneumatique montés sur la roue ou le pneumatique

Abrégé

An example sensing arrangement for a tire includes: a substrate configured to couple the sensing arrangement to an inner side of the tire; a deformation sensor supported by the substrate and configured to collect deformation data representing deformation at the inner side of the tire; a control module configured to transmit the deformation data collected by the deformation sensor to a recipient device.

Classes IPC  ?

• B60C 23/06 - Dispositifs avertisseurs actionnés par la déformation du pneumatique
• B60C 23/04 - Dispositifs avertisseurs actionnés par la pression du pneumatique montés sur la roue ou le pneumatique
• B60C 23/20 - Dispositifs pour mesurer ou signaler la température des pneumatiques

Abrégé

Example systems, devices, and methods for structural strain monitoring that involve sensing fibers are disclosed. An example system includes a structural body and a sensing fiber that extends through the structural body and that exhibits an electrical resistance that varies with deformation of the sensing fiber. The system further includes a processing unit to monitor the electrical resistance of the sensing fiber, determine a structural strain experienced by the structural body based on the electrical resistance, and output an indication of the structural strain.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01B 7/16 - Dispositions pour la mesure caractérisées par l'utilisation de techniques électriques ou magnétiques pour mesurer les déformations dans un solide, p. ex. au moyen d'une jauge de contrainte à résistance
• B64F 5/60 - Test ou inspection des composants ou des systèmes d'aéronefs
• G01M 5/00 - Examen de l'élasticité des structures ou ouvrages, p. ex. fléchissement de ponts ou d'ailes d'avions

Abrégé

Nanomaterial-coated fibers and methods of manufacture thereof are provided. A nanomaterial-coated fiber includes a stretchable fiber core and a mesh of high aspect ratio nanomaterials coated around the stretchable fiber core. The mesh imparts a material property to the nanomaterial-coated fiber continuous throughout a length of the nanomaterial-coated fiber. The mesh maintains the material property upon stretching of the length of the nanomaterial-coated fiber. A nanomaterial-coated fiber is produced by obtaining a stretchable fiber core, coating the stretchable fiber core with high aspect ratio nanomaterials, and forming a mesh of the high aspect ratio nanomaterials around the stretchable fiber core. The mesh may be electrically conductive to impart electrical conductivity to the nanomaterial-coated fiber. Nanomaterial-coated fibers may be wound into a yarn.

Classes IPC  ?

• D01F 1/09 - Addition de substances à la solution de filage ou à la masse fondue pour fabriquer des filaments électroconducteurs ou antistatiques
• B82Y 30/00 - Nanotechnologie pour matériaux ou science des surfaces, p. ex. nanocomposites
• D02G 3/02 - Filés ou fils caractérisés par la matière ou par les matières dont ils sont composés
• D02G 3/36 - Filés ou fils à âme ou guipés
• H01B 1/22 - Matériau conducteur dispersé dans un matériau organique non conducteur le matériau conducteur comportant des métaux ou des alliages