Tire with tire tag

• US 8,833,409 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2013
• Issued: 09/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (Bridgestone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC (Bridgestone Corporation)
• Inventors: Kleckner, James P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Maki, Steven D
• Application Number:
  US13/943,354
• Publication Number:
  US 20130299057A1
• Time in Patent Office: 427 Days
• Field of Search: 152/152.1, 152/535
• US Class Current: 152/152.1
• 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 13/00 Tyre sidewalls; Protecting, decorating, marking, or the like, thereof B60C17/08 takes precedence; tyre shoulders B60C11/01; removable tyre sidewall trim rings B60B7/01
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 19/00 Tyre parts or constructions not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/00 Devices for measuring, signalling, controlling, or distributing tyre pressure or temperature, specially adapted for mounting on vehicles; Arrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles, e.g. of pumps or of tanks; Tyre cooling arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0493 for attachment on the tyre
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 9/18 Structure or arrangement of belts or breakers, crown-reinforcing or cushioning layers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 152/10 Tires, resilient
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 152/10495 Pneumatic tire or inner tube
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 152/10765 Characterized by belt or breaker structure
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 152/10801 Structure made up of two or more sets of plies wherein the reinforcing cords in one set lie in a different angular position relative to those in other sets

Abstract

A pneumatic tire includes a tire body having a crown portion and a pair of sidewalls. At least one reinforcing belt is disposed in the crown portion of the tire. A tag is carried by the reinforcing belt. In one embodiment, the tag is disposed in the location of one of the reinforcing cords that is disposed in the reinforcing belt. In another embodiment, the tag is disposed at the splice of the reinforcing belt. An alternative version of the tire has the tag carried in a depression formed in the outer surface of the tire sidewall. The tag may be encapsulated with an encapsulation material that is also disposed in the depression.

Claims

1. A tire comprising:

a pneumatic tire body having a crown portion and a pair of sidewalls;

a plurality of reinforcing belts disposed in the crown portion of the tire body;

one of the reinforcing belts being a radially outermost reinforcing belt;

the radially outermost reinforcing belt having a body that defines a radial outer surface and a radial inner surface; and

a tag embedded within the radially outermost reinforcing belt;

wherein the radially outermost reinforcing belt includes a plurality of spaced reinforcing cords;

the plurality of spaced reinforcing cords including first and second adjacent reinforcing cords spaced apart a first distance; and

the tag being spaced from the first reinforcing cord by the first distance such that the first reinforcing cord is disposed between the second reinforcing cord and the tag.

2. The tire of claim 1, wherein the tag includes a body with a wire extending from the body to define a longitudinal direction of the tag;

the longitudinal direction of the tag being disposed parallel to the first cord.

3. The tire of claim 1, wherein at least one reinforcing belt extends across the crown portion of the tire from one sidewall to the other sidewall.

4. The tire of claim 1, wherein the tag is entirely disposed within the radially outermost reinforcing belt between the radial inner surface and the radial outer surface.

5. The tire of claim 1, wherein the tag is an identification device.

6. The tire of claim 5, wherein the tag includes a body with a wire extending from the body.

7. The tire of claim 1, wherein the tag is a monitoring device.

8. The tire of claim 1, wherein the tag includes a body with wires extending from opposed sides of the body.

9. The tire of claim 8, wherein the wires extending from the body define a longitudinal direction of the tag;

the longitudinal direction of the tag being disposed parallel to the first cord.

10. The tire of claim 9, wherein the tag is an identification device.

11. The tire of claim 9, wherein the tag is a monitoring device.

12. The tire of claim 1, wherein the tag includes a body with a wire extending from the body.

13. The tire of claim 12, wherein the tag is a monitoring device.