The Goodyear & Tire Rubber Company

Darrin James Landes

Joseph Michael Letkomiller

James Joseph Nespo

John Roux Phelan

Mathias Robert Labbe

Edward J Demor, Iii

Edward John Demor Iii

Apparatus for mounting an electronic tag within a tire includes a patch having a first side for mounted location against an inner liner of the tire, a second opposite side, and a socket member extending into the second side. A housing is provided having an internal tag receiving chamber defined by sidewalls and an elongate assembly bolt extends through the housing passageway and into the patch socket member to attach the housing to the patch. A remote end of the assembly bolt protrudes through the patch and carries a temperature sensor that engages the tire inner liner and transmits temperature data to electronic data transmission means within the housing. A lower portion of the housing sidewall is adapted to angle inward toward the lower housing end and a pressure measuring device is mounted within the angled sidewall portion. The housing comprises a cup and a top member, the top member covering the cap and including a dependent skirt portion engaging the patch second surface along a lower edge to seat the housing upon the patch. The cup and top components are preferably formed of a rubber matrix.

Tire monitoring apparatus

An apparatus for monitoring the condition of a tire mounted to a vehicle wheel includes a sensor configured for installation within the interior of the tire. The sensor is secured to a wheel rim whereby prolonged exposure to liquid tire fill material is avoided, even when the wheel is oriented with the sensor at a lower-most location of the wheel rim. In one embodiment, the sensor is secured to the wheel rim by straps which extend around a circumferential surface of the rim and engage a base coupled to the sensor.

Apparatus and method for monitoring a condition of a tire

According to the invention there is in conjunction with a pneumatic tire (,&prime;) having an electronic tag (,) mounted therein with a patch (,&prime;) having a first side (,&prime;) for mounting against the innerliner of the tire, a second arcuately-shaped side (,&prime;) and an internally threaded member (,&prime;) extending to the arcuately-shaped side (,&prime;). The electronic tag has a pressure sensor (,) located at the bottom of a tubular shaped air inlet structure (,) opening at an upper surface (,) of the electronic tag, an internally threaded nut (,) having one end (,) disposed within the electronic tag (,) and an opposite end (,) extending outward from the upper surface (,) of the tag, an externally threaded member (,) threaded into the internally threaded nut (,) and extending through the upper surface (,). The externally threaded member (,) is threaded into the internally threaded member (,&prime;) so that the opposite end (,) of the internally threaded nut (,) is abutted against the internally threaded member (,&prime;) whereby the upper surface (,) of the tag (,) is spaced from the second arcuately-shaped side (,&prime;) of patch (,&prime;) ensuring that the air inlet structure (,) is open to the tire cavity (,&prime;).

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Madison, WI, United States of America

Darrin James Landes