Tire processing method
Assignee4JET Technologies GmbH
InventorsArmin Kraus, Jörg Jetter, André Lange
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Abstract
A tire comprises an inner surface defining and facing an inner hollow space, an outer surface pointing away from the inner hollow space. A method of processing the tire comprises identifying the position of a first feature on the outer surface and cleaning a surface portion of the inner surface of the tire, wherein the surface portion has a first predetermined position relative to the position of the first feature on the outer surface. A separate element is attached with its attachment surface to the surface portion, wherein a ratio of a size of the surface portion over a corresponding size of the attachment surface is smaller than 10.
Claims20
A method of processing a tire, the tire comprising an inner surface defining and facing an inner hollow space, an outer surface pointing away from the inner hollow space, the method comprising:
- identifying the position of a first feature on the outer surface and
- cleaning of a surface portion of the inner surface of the tire, the surface portion having a first predetermined position relative to the position of the first feature on the outer surface.
A tire comprising:
- an inner surface defining and facing an inner hollow space of the tire;
- an outer surface pointing away from the inner hollow space;
- a feature on the outer surface, the feature being optically visible;
- a surface portion of the inner surface of the tire in which the inner surface is cleaned, the surface portion having a predetermined position relative to the feature on the outer surface;
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- a separate element, in particular comprising an electrical device, with an attachment surface, the attachment surface and the surface portion being attached to each other;
- wherein a ratio of a size of the surface portion over a size of the attachment surface is smaller than 10, preferably smaller than 1.2.
A batch of tires, wherein each tire of the batch comprises
- an inner surface defining and facing an inner hollow space of the tire;
- an outer surface pointing away from the inner hollow space;
- a feature on the outer surface, the feature being optically visible;
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- a surface portion of the inner surface of the tire in which the inner surface is cleaned, the surface portion having a predetermined position relative to the feature on the outer surface;
- wherein among the tires of the batch an angular position of the surface portion with respect to the feature is within an angular range of +−20 degrees, wherein the angular position is defined with respect to an axis of rotation of the tire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.