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US 2026/0061785 A1Published application
System and methods for integrating sensors at a rim flange transition area of a tire by cavity formation
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsJeffrey McKay West, Jarred Glickstein
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for integrating sensors in a sensor indentation at a rim flange transition area of a tire. The sensor indentation can be formed in an outboard side a chafer of a tire. The sensor indentation can be configured to receive a sensor device relative to a location where the chafer forms a seal with a rim flange of a wheel.
Claims20
A tire, comprising:
- a bead of the tire;
- a ply that wraps around the bead;
- a chafer configured to form a seal with a rim flange of a wheel;
- and
- a sensor indentation in an outward side of the chafer, the sensor indentation configured to receive a sensor device.
2 more elements
A method, comprising:
- providing a sensor indentation in an outward side a chafer of a tire, the sensor indentation configured to receive a sensor device, wherein the chafer is configured to form a seal with a rim flange of a wheel;
- and
- inserting the sensor device into the sensor indentation of the chafer of the tire.
A system comprising:
- a tire comprising a sensor indentation in an outward side a chafer of the tire, wherein the chafer is configured to form a seal with a rim flange of a wheel;
- and
- a sensor device inserted into the sensor indentation of the chafer of the tire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.