Sousa Truck Trailer Repair Limited

$120,760.00 CAD

≈ 19 months of average Canadian pay
Department
National Research Council Canada
Program
Industrial Research Assistance Program – Contributions to Firms
Recipient country
Canada
Fiscal year
2017-2018
Agreement period
September 1, 2017 – February 28, 2019
Reference
nrc-cnrc:172-2018-2019-Q2-892574

Published purpose

This project is the development of two systems that prevents Truck Wheels from escaping during operation thereby eliminating an oft times fatal hazard. The first invention uses a pre-calibrated wheel studs which are studs that have built in switches that activate at a predetermined stud elongation and causes a signal to be sent to the vehicle operator that a specific Lug Stud is either under torqued, over-torqued or sheared. The second invention is a compression ring that uses low Young's modulus material below the lug nut to compress and close a switch at a predetermined pre-load and cause a signal to be sent when an undesirable torque level is present.

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