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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2017
Applicant:
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Llc, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventor:
Thomas A. Sams, Alliance, OH (US);
Assignee:
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29D 30/38 (2006.01); B60C 9/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); B60C 9/20 (2006.01); B60C 23/04 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01); B60C 11/03 (2006.01); B29D 30/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 9/2006 (2013.01); B29D 30/38 (2013.01); B60C 23/0452 (2013.01); G06K 19/0775 (2013.01); G06K 19/07764 (2013.01); G06K 19/07773 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2208 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0077 (2013.01); B60C 11/0306 (2013.01); B60C 2009/2016 (2013.01); B60C 2009/2022 (2013.01); B60C 2200/06 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2241 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tire includes an electronic device, such as a RFID chip, within the body of the tire. For particular embodiments, a RFID chip is disposed within a tire belt. The RFID chip may be disposed on an inner or outer belt. The RFID chip is connected to at least one steel cords forming an antenna for the RFID chip. The steel cords are disposed at a first angle and second angle with respect to the tire equator. A method of joining the RFID chip to a tire cord is also provided.