Transponder for tires

• US 7,926,526 B2
• Filed: 04/17/2004
• Issued: 04/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH (Continental AG)
• Original Assignee: Continental AG
• Inventors: Grünberg, Heiko, Doerr, Alfons, Lehmann, Jörg
• Primary Examiner(s): Maki; Steven D
• Application Number:
  US10/559,616
• Publication Number:
  US 20060278313A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,558 Days
• Field of Search: 152/152.1
• US Class Current: 152/152.1
• 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 19/00 Tyre parts or constructions not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0493 for attachment on the tyre
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/2241 used in or for vehicle tyres

Abstract

The invention relates to a transponder that is mounted on a tire. The transponder includes at least one transponder chip and a transponder antenna and is embedded in a substrate which is connected to an inner side of the tire with the aid of an element. The aim of the invention is to provide a transponder with the highest possible durability. To achieve this, the connecting element is a material strip which is only fixed to the inner side of the tire in one sub-section.

Claims

1. A transponder arrangement for mounting on an inner wall surface of a tire, the transponder arrangement comprising:

a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface defining a predetermined area;

a transponder including a transponder chip and a transponder antenna embedded in said substrate;

a strip of material having first and second longitudinal ends and an overall area so as to permit said substrate to lie entirely on said strip of material;

said strip having a first portion defining said first longitudinal end and a second portion defining said second longitudinal end;

said second portion having a middle tab so as to have leg segments on respective sides thereof;

said first portion and said leg segments of said second portion being fixedly connected to said inner wall surface of said tire;

said middle tab being clear of and unattached to said inner wall surface of said tire;

said substrate having a clear-through opening formed therein through which said middle tab passes from below said substrate; and

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said middle tab being releasably connected to said substrate at said upper surface thereof so as to enable said substrate to lie on said first portion and said leg segments thereby avoiding a direct contact of said substrate with said inner wall surface of said tire.

2. The transponder arrangement of claim 1, wherein said opening is a slot formed in said substrate and said substrate is connected only to said middle tab.

3. The transponder arrangement of claim 2, further comprising fixing means projecting from said upper surface of said substrate and releasably connecting said middle tab to said substrate.

4. The transponder arrangement of claim 3, wherein said middle tab has an aperture formed therein for fixing said middle tab to said fixing means.

5. The transponder arrangement of claim 1, wherein said substrate opening has a rectangular shape and has rounded or beveled edges.

6. The transponder arrangement of claim 1, wherein said strip of material is made of a rubber product.