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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2008
David A. Weston, Hendersonville, NC (US);
Damon L. Christenbury, Fountain Inn, SC (US);
David A. Weston, Hendersonville, NC (US);
Damon L. Christenbury, Fountain Inn, SC (US);
Michelin Recherche et Technique, Granges-Paccot, CH;
Abstract
Disclosed is a tire mountable apparatus and methodology for mounting devices within a tire. In certain embodiments a signal generator may be mounted to the tire to generate signals based on changes in the radius of curvature of a tire. A piezoelectric sandwich and/or a substrate is/are provided having a length and width based at least in part on tire dimensions and positioned in the tire such that the longer length dimension is positioned laterally with respect to the width of the tire. The sandwich and/or substrate is/are sized such that the width dimension provides substantially no response to changes in the circumferential radius of curvature of the tire so that the length dimension defines the primary bending direction while the width dimension provides a strain free mount for associated devices.