Method for embedding a monitoring device within a tire during manufacture

A method for securing a monitoring device having a pressure sensor to a tire, comprising the steps of:

• providing an inner liner patch having a first side and a second side;
• inserting a dowel having a body and a head through a first side of said inner liner patch until said head contacts said first side of said patch and said body penetrates through to said second side of said patch:
• assembling the monitoring device to said second side of said patch so that a portion of the device is in contact with said body of said dowel penetrating said second side of said patch;
• adhering said inner liner patch to a tire inner liner ply by contacting said second side of said patch to said tire inner liner;
• curing said inner liner patch to said tire inner liner ply by applying heat and pressure;
• and
• removing said dowel so that an aperture extends through said inner liner patch to said pressure sensor of said monitoring device.