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US 2026/0116128 A1Published application
Inclusion of a sensor base in a tire
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsBenjamin Isaiah Garn, Junling Zhao, Jeffrey McKay West, Peter Jung-min Suh
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Abstract
A system is provided comprising a tire and a sensor patch cured into an inner side of the tire. The sensor patch can include a bonding layer and a substrate layer applied to the bonding layer. The substrate layer can include one or more sensor connections. The system can include a sensor connected to the sensor patch via the one or more sensor connections.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a tire;
- a sensor patch cured into an inner side of the tire, the sensor patch comprising,
- a bonding layer, and
- a substrate layer applied to the bonding layer, the substrate layer including one or more sensor connections;
- and
- a sensor connected to the sensor patch via the one or more sensor connections.
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A method for printing a sensor in a tire, comprising:
- providing a bonding layer for a sensor base patch;
- printing a substrate layer onto the bonding layer;
- placing the sensor base patch on a green tire;
- curing the green tire;
- and
- attaching a sensor to the sensor base patch.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a first layer of green rubber;
- a thermoplastic layer calendered onto the first layer of green rubber;
- and
- one or more sensor components engraved into the thermoplastic layer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.