Combination pneumatic tire and monitoring device
First Claim
1. In combination, a pneumatic article and a monitoring device mounted to the pneumatic article;
- the combination comprising;
a pneumatic article having an inner chamber, the inner chamber being lined with an innerliner;
said innerliner being at least about 0.06 inch thick;
a monitoring device having a bottom surface;
an adhesive compatible with the surface of the innerliner and the bottom surface of the monitoring device, the adhesive capable of curing at 100°
C. and lower, said adhesive adhering said monitoring device to the innerliner of the pneumatic article;
the adhesive being rigid when the adhesive is cured.
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Abstract
An attachment between a monitoring device and an innerliner of a tire includes the use of an epoxy adhesive that bonds the monitoring device directly to the inner surface of the innerliner of the tire. The innerliner is first roughened in a manner that provides a roughened portion of the innerliner without removing the entire thickness of the innerliner. The entire thickness of the innerliner is not removed because the innerliner is preferably more than {fraction (1/16)} of an inch thick. The thickness of the innerliner allows the rigid cured epoxy to bond the monitoring device to the inner surface of the innerliner while allowing the innerliner to flex with the tire so as to not break the seal between the rigid epoxy and the innerliner. The monitoring device is preferably located at a low flex area of the tire to help avoid the problem of the innerliner flexing.
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1. In combination, a pneumatic article and a monitoring device mounted to the pneumatic article;
- the combination comprising;
a pneumatic article having an inner chamber, the inner chamber being lined with an innerliner;
said innerliner being at least about 0.06 inch thick;
a monitoring device having a bottom surface;
an adhesive compatible with the surface of the innerliner and the bottom surface of the monitoring device, the adhesive capable of curing at 100°
C. and lower, said adhesive adhering said monitoring device to the innerliner of the pneumatic article;
the adhesive being rigid when the adhesive is cured.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- the combination comprising;
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13. In combination, a pneumatic tire and a monitoring device adapted to monitor at least one engineering condition of the pneumatic tire when the pneumatic tire is in use on a vehicle;
- the combination comprising;
a pneumatic tire having an inner chamber;
the pneumatic tire having an innerliner defining the inner surface of the pneumatic tire;
the innerliner being at least 0.06 inch thick;
a monitoring device having at least one sensing element adapted to monitor an engineering condition of the pneumatic tire;
the monitoring device having an outer surface;
an adhesive compatible with the innerliner and the outer surface of the monitoring device;
the adhesive being rigid when cured; and
the rigid cured adhesive disposed between the monitoring device and the innerliner to connect the monitoring device to the pneumatic tire. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
- the combination comprising;
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17. In combination, a pneumatic tire and a monitoring device adapted to monitor at least one engineering condition of the pneumatic tire when the pneumatic tire is in use on a vehicle;
- the combination comprising;
a pneumatic tire having an inner chamber;
the pneumatic tire having an innerliner defining the inner surface of the pneumatic tire;
the innerliner being at least 0.06 inch thick;
a monitoring device having at least one sensing element adapted to monitor an engineering condition of the pneumatic tire;
an adhesive compatible with the innerliner;
the adhesive being rigid when cured;
the monitoring device being encapsulated with a rigid epoxy to provide an encapsulated monitoring device having an outer surface; and
the rigid cured adhesive disposed between the encapsulated monitoring device and the innerliner to connect the encapsulated monitoring device to the pneumatic tire.- View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
- the combination comprising;
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