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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2007
Jean-claude Lucien Girard, Copley, OH (US);
James Michael Hart, Akron, OH (US);
William Allen Rex, Doylestown, OH (US);
Jean-Claude Lucien Girard, Copley, OH (US);
James Michael Hart, Akron, OH (US);
William Allen Rex, Doylestown, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and a method for pre-cure application of an antenna assembly to a tire comprises the method steps: forming within a rigid core defining an interior surface of the tire a core recess complementarily configured to the antenna assembly; positioning the antenna assembly within the core recess; building an uncured carcass of the tire around the rigid core entrapping the antenna assembly within the core recess; cross-bonding the antenna assembly to the inner surface of the tire during a cure cycle; and removing the cured tire and assembly from the rigid core.