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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2006
Eduard Hendrik Jan Kamphuis, Oberanyen, LU;
Robert Edward Lionetti, Bereldange, LU;
Anthony William Parsons, Domeldange, LU;
Eduard Hendrik Jan Kamphuis, Oberanyen, LU;
Robert Edward Lionetti, Bereldange, LU;
Anthony William Parsons, Domeldange, LU;
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
A method for affixing an electronic device having an elongate dipole antenna to a substrate surface includes: positioning picking apparatus adjacent to the electronic device, the picking apparatus having at least one antenna positioning means such as a magnet positioned adjacent the electronic device; activating the antenna positioning means; moving the opposite antenna ends into a captured relationship with the picking apparatus by means of the antenna positioning means; moving the picking apparatus to a position adjacent the substrate surface; engaging the substrate surface with the picking apparatus; and depositing the electronic device to the substrate surface.