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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2019
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Todd James Spencer, Hartville, OH (US);
Gregory Alan Schessler, Stow, OH (US);
Ryan Michael Schmidt, Wadsworth, OH (US);
Benjamin John Iverson, Canton, OH (US);
Xiaoping Yang, Streetsboro, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A flexible sensor unit is embedded in a tire. The flexible sensor unit includes a plurality of individual circuit boards. Each circuit board includes at least one electronic component. The at least one electronic component includes a radio frequency identification integrated circuit, a microcontroller unit, at least one sensor, a power source and a boost converter. Each one of a plurality of electrically conductive flexible connecting ribbons extends between the circuit boards. An end ribbon is electrically connected to at least one of the circuit boards. An antenna is disposed on the end ribbon. The antenna transmits data from the at least one sensor, as processed by the microcontroller unit, and identification data from the radio frequency identification integrated circuit, to an external reader.