Assembly for attaching an electronics package to a tire

• US 10,639,948 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2015
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (Bridgestone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (Bridgestone Corporation)
• Inventors: Agarwal, Sheel P., Nesbitt, Adam K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wicklund, Daniel P
• Assistant Examiner(s): Burtner, Douglas R
• Application Number:
  US15/540,876
• Publication Number:
  US 20170355237A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,631 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 2030/0072 Attaching fasteners to tyres, e.g. patches, in order to connect devices to tyres
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 2030/0077 Directly attaching monitoring devices to tyres before or after vulcanization, e.g. microchips
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 2030/0083 Attaching monitoring devices to tyres before or after vulcanization by inserting them inside tyre cavities
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0493 for attachment on the tyre
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2/22 of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material F16B2/205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0204 Mounting supporting structures on the outside of casings

Abstract

An assembly for mounting an electronics package to an interior of a tire includes a carriage configured to receive an electronics package. The assembly also includes an attaching device having a first side and a second side. The first side of the attaching device is permanently affixed to the interior of the tire. The second side of the attaching device has an attaching structure. The attaching structure is configured to receive the carriage to form a secure and locked connection.

Claims

1. An assembly for mounting an electronics package to an interior of a tire, comprising:

a carriage having a base extending between two pairs of opposing sidewalls, thereby defining a recess configured to removably receive an electronics package, wherein the base of the carriage includes a plurality of through holes disposed therein;

an attaching device having a first side and a second side;

the attaching device first side being permanently affixed to the interior of the tire;

the attaching device second side having an attaching structure;

wherein the attaching structure is configured to receive the carriage to form a secure and locked connection.

2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the attaching structure is a locking clip.

3. The assembly of claim 2, wherein the carriage further includes a locking ring that is configured to mate with the locking clip.

4. The assembly of claim 3, wherein the locking clip is configured to mate with the locking ring by rotating the locking clip in the locking ring.

5. The assembly of claim 3, wherein the locking ring and the locking clip each include a ramped element.

6. The assembly of claim 1, wherein one of the attaching structure and the carriage includes a tab, and the other of the attaching structure and the carriage is configured to receive the tab.

7. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the attaching device is a clip, and the attaching structure includes a plurality of sidewalls having a plurality of flanges and a plurality of tabs configured to receive the carriage.

8. The assembly of claim 7, wherein the tabs are hook-shaped.

9. The assembly of claim 1, further including an electronics package;

wherein a wall of the carriage includes a through hole;

wherein the electronics package includes a through hole; and

wherein the electronics package is affixed to the carriage via a pin extending through the through hole of the wall of the carriage and the through hole of the electronics package.

10. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the two pairs of opposing sidewalls define a rectangular shape.

11. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the carriage has a rectangular protrusion at one end.