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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:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2022
Applicant:
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Llc, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Terence E. Wei, Copley, OH (US);
Paul B. Wilson, Tallmadge, OH (US);
Assignee:
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC, Nashville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/00 (2006.01); B60C 23/04 (2006.01); B60C 5/02 (2006.01); B60C 5/04 (2006.01); B29D 30/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/0493 (2013.01); B60C 5/02 (2013.01); B60C 5/04 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0072 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0077 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0083 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tire and membrane system includes a tire, an electronics package, and a membrane body attached to the electronics package. A width of the membrane body is less than 120% of a width of a tread of the tire. A length of the membrane body is less than 50% of a circumference of the tire. A bottom surface of the membrane body is configured to lie flat against an inner surface of the tire. The membrane body is not attached to the tire.