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Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin

Compagnie Générale Des Etablissements Michelin-Michelin & Cie

Sedepro

Societe Detechnologie Michelin

David Myatt

Andre Dosjoub

Daniel Laurent

Jay Clifford Sinnett

Arthur Richard Metcalf

A motor-vehicle tire includes a sidewall and a member with an electronic device, a generally and substantially linear-shaped rectilinear wire antenna, and means of electrical connection between the wire antenna and the electronic device. The member is embedded in the sidewall in an arrangement such that the antenna is oriented circumferentially with respect to the tire and the connection means is oriented in a radial direction of the tire. The wire antenna is integrally offset radially on one side of the electronic device.

Tyre having a member with an offset antenna

A tire including a tread and a belt having a first and a second ply. The first and second plies are made up of substantially parallel metallic reinforcing cords embedded in a rubber composition that are inclined with respect to the equatorial plane of the tire, and the cords of the first ply are inclined with respect to the cords of the second ply. At least one dipolar electric element connects at least one cord of the first ply to at least one cord of the second ply. The path followed by the dipolar electric element between the cord of the first ply and the cord of the second ply extends into a part of the tread so as to be worn away before or upon reaching a tread wear limit.

Wear indicating tire

A system for wireless data communication between a vehicle and at least one of its tires (), the system comprising a fixed antenna mounted on the vehicle and an antenna integral with the tire (), the latter antenna being located in proximity with the tire's () belt. The characteristics of the tire belt are chosen in order to achieve an increased transmission distance.

System for wireless data communication between a vehicle and its tire

A strain-resistant electrical connection and a method of making the same is provided. A wire or other conductive lead is connected to a circuit in a manner that makes the connection more resistant to mechanical stresses such as movement or rotation of the lead relative to the circuit. A material is configured around the lead and near the point of connection to the circuit so as to create a region of decreasing flexibility or graduated stiffness near the point of connection. In certain embodiments, the lead may also be coiled or otherwise shaped to provide additional ability to withstand mechanical stresses. In other embodiments, additional elements may be provided to assist in controlling the stiffness near the connection point.

Graduated stiffness for electrical connections in tires

An electronic communication device for a tire includes a radio device and an antenna intended to be attached to or embedded in a tire, the antenna being spirally or helically shaped to absorb tensile and bending stress applied by the tire. The antenna body may be a wire formed of spring steel, brass or zinc coated spring steel, or spring brass. A coating of insulating material coats the radio device and antenna for mounting on or in, and operation in, a tire structure.

Electronic device for a tire having an extensible antenna

A tire vulcanization apparatus in which an encaser 3 makes it possible to introduce a tire into a mold 1 and, by means of inductors 42, transfers to the mold heat energy necessary for vulcanization and in which a chamber 5 receives several molds 1 and makes it possible to maintain each mold insulated from the environment in order to limit heat losses during the time necessary for the vulcanization.

Process and apparatus for the vulcanizing of tires

Rubber areas of a tire having electrical conductivity are used to transmit ignals to an integrated circuit embedded within the thickness of the tire without relying on an inductive or capacitive coupling. An identification device conducts an electric signal to the integrated circuit through a first electrically conductive area of rubber such as a bead cover and/or the tire tread, and a responsive signal is returned to the identification device through a second electrically conductive area.

Electronic circuit having identification device utilizing electrically

Rubber areas of a tire having electrical conductivity are used to transmit ignals to an integrated circuit embedded within the thickness of the tire without relying on an inductive or capacitive coupling. Rather, an electric signal from an identification device is conducted to the integrated circuit through a first electrically conductive area of rubber such as a bead cover and/or the tire tread, and a responsive signal is returned to the identification device through a second electrically conductive area.

Electronic circuit utilizing electrically conductive areas of a tire

The identification of pneumatic tires by electromagnetic coupling with a nsponder embedded in the thickness of the pneumatic tire is made possible by a suitable interrogation antenna so that, regardless of the position of the transponder in the pneumatic tire, a position which is unknown, the coupling is always of the same quality. Such an antenna may take the form of a figure eight or of a closed torus.

Antenna structure for communicating with an electronic tag implanted in

An antenna to be used with transponder type devices. The antenna includes an inductance and a capacitor forming a resonant circuit. To avoid any heating and to have a sufficiently broad passband or operating range, there is in parallel with the inductance, a branch comprising two Zener diodes connected in opposite directions. Any nonlinear damping arrangement having an equivalent effect may be used in the branch.

Antenna for tire monitoring device

A tire-monitoring device comprises, on a wheel of a vehicle, a converter stage which processes an electric signal representing measurements of the pressure and/or temperature of the tire in pulse form and a stage for transmitting the signal to the vehicle by inductive coupling. In order to minimize the consumption of electric energy by circuit components on the wheel, a solid state switch responsive to the transmission of energy from the vehicle to the wheel disconnects the circuit components on the wheel from the energy source. Also, in order to further minimize the consumption of electrical energy, only the positions of the ascending and descending fronts of the electric signal pulses representing the measurements are transmitted to the vehicle and the transmission coil is connected to the source of energy only when the pulse signals have ascending or descending fronts.

Feeding of electrical energy to circuits on a wheel for a

A coding circuit comprises an astable multivibrator which transforms the measurement of the variables in question, for instance pressure and temperature, into a time measurement. The astable multivibrator delivers a pulse signal whose pulse width is a function of the temperature and the cyclic ratio of which is a function of the pressure.

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David Myatt