MEMBER FORMING A SUPPORT FOR A DEVICE AND TYRE COMPRISING SUCH A MEMBER

• US 20100276563A1
• Filed: 10/23/2008
• Published: 11/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Compagnie générale des établissements Michelin
• Original Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique SA (Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin SCA), Societe de Technologie Michelin
• Inventors: Battocchio, Claudio, Cubizolle, Bernard
• Application Number:
  US12/738,506
• Publication Number:
  US 20100276563A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/633
• CPC Class Codes: B29D 2030/0072 Attaching fasteners to tyres, e.g. patches, in order to connect devices to tyres
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0493 for attachment on the tyre

Abstract

A member forming a support for a device includes a connecting portion for connecting with a tyre and a supporting portion for supporting the device. The connecting portion includes a connecting surface for connecting with the tyre, an upper surface, and a peripheral edge. The peripheral edge is delimited by a joining surface between the mutually opposite upper and connecting surfaces, which converge on the joining surface at an angle (α) of between 9 and 15 degrees.

Claims

1-7. -7. (canceled)

8. Member forming a support for a device, comprising a connecting portion for connecting with a tyre and a supporting portion for supporting a device, the connecting portion including a connecting surface for connecting with the tyre, an upper surface, and a peripheral edge, wherein the peripheral edge is delimited by a joining surface between the upper surface and the connecting surface, which are mutually opposite, converging on the joining surface at an angle of between 9 and 15 degrees.

9. Member according to claim 8, wherein the angle is between 10 and 12 degrees.

10. Member according to claim 8, wherein the joining surface of the peripheral edge is substantially a joining line.

11. Member according to claim 8, wherein the joining surface of the peripheral edge is normal to the connecting surface and has a height of between 0.1 and 0.2 mm.

12. Member according to claim 11, wherein the peripheral edge includes a cord of substantially rectangular section of a same thickness as that of the joining surface and extends outwards from 0 to 1.5 mm.

13. Member according to claim 8, further comprising a layer of connecting rubber placed on the connecting surface without overlapping in line with the peripheral edge.

14. Member according to claim 8, wherein the member is incorporated in a tyre.