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US 2015/0310784 A1Published application
Display for mounted tire
OwnerRobert D. Evansinventor
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Abstract
A display device to broadcast information from a tire mounted on a wheel. The display device includes a foot that is anchored in compression between part of the tire sidewall and the rim of the wheel. The compression between an inflated tire and rim of the wheel on which the tire is mounted is sufficient to hold preferred embodiments of the display device in an installed position during conventional use of the tire. Information can be broadcasted visually, or by way of radio waves, and the like.
Claims3
A method, comprising:
- providing a display device attached to a foot;
- disposing said foot between a tire and a rim of a wheel on which said tire is mounted, said foot being structured to extend in captured engagement around less than one-half the circumference of said wheel and less than about 50% of the radial seal length between said tire and said rim;
- and
- pressurizing said tire to trap said foot in compression between said tire and said rim, said compression causing the principal retaining force sufficient to maintain said display device in an installed position during subsequent conventional use of said tire.
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