Apparatus for monitoring a condition of a tire
AssigneeThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
InventorsJohn Roux Phelan, Richard Stephen Pollack, Elyse Kristen Eschbach, Gene Raymond Starkey
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Abstract
According to the invention there is in conjunction with a pneumatic tire having a central tread, one or more radially-extending belt(s) disposed radially inwardly of the tread and an innerliner disposed radially inwardly of the belt. Apparatus for mounting an electronic tag (40) within the tire is characterized by a patch (70) having a first side (72) for mounting against the innerliner of the tire; a second arcuately-shaped side (73) and an internally threaded member (71); and an externally threaded member (64) having a portion extending from a side (74) of the tag and threadable into the internally threaded member of the patch.
Claims20
A patch mounted within a pneumatic tire, characterized by
- the patch having a first side mounted against an innerliner of the tire, a second arcuately-shaped convex side and an internally threaded member for threadably receiving an externally threaded member extending from a side of an electronic tag;
- wherein:
- when the externally threaded member is threaded into the internally threaded member, the electronic tag is external to the patch, and the side of the electronic tag at least partially abuts the arcuately-shaped side of the patch.
A pneumatic tire comprising:
- a central tread, a radially-extending belt disposed radially inwardly of the tread and a radially-extending innerliner disposed radially inwardly of the belt;
- a patch having a first side disposed against the innerliner of the tire, a second arcuately-shaped convex side and an internally threaded member extending into the arcuately-shaped side;
- wherein when an externally threaded member of an electronic tag is threaded into the internally threaded member of the patch, the electronic tag is external to the patch, and a flat side of the electronic tag at least partially abuts the arcuately-shaped side of the patch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.