# US 11,440,355 B2 · Tire

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- Number: US 11,440,355 B2
- Document ID: US11440355B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/587,365
- Filed: 2019-09-30
- Published: 2020-04-09
- Granted: 2022-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 2018-10-03
- Assignees: Toyo Tire Corporation
- Applicants: Toyo Tire Corporation
- Inventors: Harunobu Suita
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11440355B2

## CPC

- B60C 19/00: Tyre parts or constructions not otherwise provided for
- B60C 23/064: {comprising tyre mounted deformation sensors, e.g. to determine road contact area}
- B29D 30/0061: {Accessories, details or auxiliary operations not otherwise provided for}
- B60C 15/0607: {comprising several parts, e.g. made of different rubbers}
- G06K 19/07749: {the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card}
- G06K 19/07764: {the adhering arrangement making the record carrier attachable to a tyre (tyre temperature or pressure control arrangements, see B60C23/00)}
- B29D 2030/0083: {Attaching monitoring devices to tyres before or after vulcanization by inserting them inside tyre cavities}
- B60C: VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
- B29D: PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE (making granules B29B9/00; making preforms B29B11/00)
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS

## Abstract

A tire includes: a bead filler extending to an outer side in the tire-radial direction of a bead core; a carcass ply folded around the bead core; a steel chafer arranged so as to cover the carcass ply around the bead core; a first pad covering an outer side in the tire-width direction of a folding end of the carcass ply, at the outer side in the tire-radial direction of the end part of the steel chafer; a second pad covering an outer side in the tire-width direction of the first pad; and side wall rubber covering at least part of the outer side in the tire-width direction of the second pad, in which an electronic component is provided between the second pad and the side wall rubber.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A tire comprising:
a bead core; a bead filler which extends to an outer side in a tire-radial direction of the bead core; a carcass ply which extends from the bead core to another bead core and is folded around the bead core;
a reinforcement ply disposed so as to cover the carcass ply around the bead core;
a first pad which covers an outer side in a tire-width direction of a folding end of the carcass ply which was folded back, at an outer side in the tire-radial direction of an end part of the reinforcement ply;
a second pad which covers an outer side in the tire-width direction of the first pad;
side wall rubber which covers at least part of an outer side in the tire-width direction of the second pad; and
a rubber sheet which is disposed between the bead filler and the first pad and covers an inner side in a tire-width direction of the folding end of the carcass ply which was folded back,
wherein an electronic component is provided between the second pad and the side wall rubber, and the electronic component is sandwiched between two rubber sheets made of the same rubbers;
wherein the electronic component includes an RFID chip and an antenna extending straight from the RFID chip to both sides of the RFID chip, and a central axis of the antenna overlaps with the RFID chip; and
wherein when defining, in a cross-sectional view in the tire-width direction, as a reference distance a distance along a tire-width direction outside surface of the second pad from a tire-radial direction outside end of the second pad until a proximal part of a folding end of the carcass ply which is folded back,
the electronic component is arranged at the tire-width direction outside surface of the second pad within a range from a position 40% of the reference distance until a position 50% of the reference distance from the tire-radial direction outside end of the second pad towards the inner side in the tire-radial direction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The tire according to claim 1, wherein the electronic component is arranged so that a distance in the tire-width direction between the electronic component and the carcass ply becomes at least the thickness of the carcass ply.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The tire according to claim 1, wherein the electronic component is covered by a first rubber sheet serving as a protective layer arranged on an inner side in the tire-width direction of the electronic component, and a second rubber sheet arranged on an outer side in the tire-width direction of the electronic component, and
wherein the first rubber sheet and the second rubber sheet are configured from rubber having a higher modulus than the side wall rubber, and a lower modulus than the second pad.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The tire according to claim 1, wherein the second pad is provided so as to cover the outer side in the tire-width direction of part of the reinforcement ply, the first pad, the outer side in the tire-width direction of part of the bead filler, and part of the carcass ply, wherein the second pad is in contact with part of the carcass ply.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The tire according to claim 1, wherein the electronic component is embedded in the tire, so that the longitudinal direction thereof is a direction of the tangential line to the circumferential direction of the tire.