Label for mounting to a tire

• US 20050059308A1
• Filed: 09/17/2003
• Published: 03/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique SA (Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin SCA)
• Original Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique SA (Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin SCA)
• Inventors: Parsons, Edwin D.
• Application Number:
  US10/667,174
• Publication Number:
  US 20050059308A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 442/149
• 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: B60C 13/001 Decorating, marking or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 19/00 Tyre parts or constructions not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 2203/334 as a label
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 2400/263 in the substrate
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 2421/00 Presence of unspecified rubber
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 2421/006 in the substrate
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 7/21 Paper; Textile fabrics
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 7/26 Porous or cellular plastics
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 7/38 Pressure-sensitive adhesives [PSA]
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/027 the material being suitable for use as a textile, e.g. woven-based RFID-like labels designed for attachment to laundry items markings attached to laundry items in general D06F93/00
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/249953 Composite having voids in a component [e.g., porous, cellular, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/2738 Coating or impregnation intended to function as an adhesive to solid surfaces subsequently associated therewith

Abstract

A laminate structure or label for mounting on a surface of a tire, for example, a label or RFID tag label, includes a face stock layer of a material permeable to the migratory oils and waxes present in tire rubber. The permeable material allows the oils and waxes to pass through the face stock and prevents their build up between the face stock and the adhesive layer, improving the adherence and durability of adherence of the laminate structure to tire rubber.

Claims

1. A label for a tire, comprising:

a base layer having a face side and a mounting side comprising a material permeable to migratory materials in tire rubber, and,

a layer of adhesive compatible with tire rubber carried on the mounting side of the base layer,

wherein, the label is mountable to a tire.

2. The label according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive is a rubber based adhesive.

3. The label according to claim 1, wherein the base layer material is a porous material.

4. The label according to claim 1, wherein the base layer material is a cloth.

5. The label according to claim 4, wherein the cloth is comprised of plastic coated fibers.

6. The label according to claim 4, wherein the cloth is comprised of plastic fibers.

7. The label according to claim 1, wherein the base layer material comprises a foamed material.

8. The label according to claim 7, wherein the base layer is a foam rubber.

9. The label according to claim 1, wherein the base layer material is a rubber.

10. The label according to claim 1, further comprising indicia formed on the face side of the base layer.

11. The laminate structure according to claim 1, further comprising a radio frequency identification tag incorporated at the adhesive layer.

12. A label for mounting to a tire, comprising:

a base layer having a face side and a mounting side comprising a material permeable to migratory components in tire rubber;

a layer of adhesive carried on the mounting side of the base layer; and

a RFID tag in contact with the adhesive layer,

wherein, the laminate structure is mountable to a surface of a tire to secure the RFID tag to the tire.

13. The label as claimed in claim 12, further comprising an insulating coating formed on the RFID tag.

14. The label as claimed in claim 12, wherein the adhesive is a rubber based adhesive.

15. The laminate structure according to claim 12, wherein the base layer material is a porous material.

16. The laminate structure according to claim 12, wherein the base layer material is a cloth.

17. The laminate structure according to claim 12, wherein the base layer material comprises a foam material.

18. The laminate structure according to claim 12, wherein the base layer material is a rubber.

19. The laminate structure according to claim 12, further comprising indicia formed on the face side of the base layer.