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Tire with transponder and transponder for tire

Assignee: Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd
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Filing: 1997-10-14
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Granted: 2000-11-14
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Expires: 2017-10-14
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Abstract

Abstract The present invention relates to a reliable transponder 3 for a tire and a reliable transponder-provided tire which are not broken while the tire runs or the tire is formed or cured, by using various metallic component members used in the tire as an antenna directly connected to the transponder 3 and thereby, further decreasing the transponder 3 in size. For example, by electrically directly connecting the transponder 3 with a conductive wire 131 or bead wire 161 in a jointless belt 13A set to the inner and outer peripheries of the tire, the wire 131 or bead wire 161 is used as the receiving and transmitting antenna of the transponder 3. Thereby, it is possible to decrease the transponder 3 in size and to increase the communication distance between an interrogator and the transponder 3 without increasing the transmission power of the interrogator.

Inventors

  • 👤 Osamu Takahashi
  • 👤 Kazuhiro Shimura
  • 👤 Fumito Yatsuyanagi

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 19:08
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01Q; H01Q1/00; H01Q1/12; H01Q1/22; H01Q1/2208; H01Q1/2241; B; B60; B60C; B60C15/00; B60C15/04; B60C19/00; B60C23/00; B60C23/02; B60C23/04; B60C23/0491; B60C23/0493; B60C9/00; B60C9/18; B60C9/20; B60C9/2003; B60C9/2006; G; G06; G06K; G06K19/00; G06K19/06; G06K19/067; G06K19/07; G06K19/077; G06K19/07749; G06K19/07758; G06K19/07764; B60C2015/044

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 39 words
A transponder-provided tire characterized by electrically directly connecting the electronic circuit of a transponder requiring an antenna with a predetermined metallic component member of the tire and thereby, using said metallic component member as the antenna of said transponder.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 39 words
A transponder-provided tire characterized by electrically directly connecting the electronic circuit of a transponder requiring an antenna with a predetermined metallic component member of the tire and thereby, using said metallic component member as the antenna of said transponder.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 41 words
A transponder-provided tire according to claim 1, wherein a bead wire is used as the metallic component member for the antenna to be connected with the electronic circuit of said transponder and said bead wire is covered with a non-conductive member.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 83 words
A transponder-provided tire according to claim 1, wherein said tire is provided with a jointless belt constituted by winding a belt strip obtained by covering a conductive wire extending in the circumferential direction of said tire with rubber on the outer periphery in said tire along the circumferential direction of said tire, and the conductive wire of said jointless belt is the metallic component member for the antenna of said transponder and non-conductive rubber is used for the rubber of said belt strip.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 40 words
A tire transponder to be set in a tire characterized by setting a probe for electrically directly connecting an antenna terminal in the electronic circuit of said transponder to a predetermined metallic component member in said tire to said transponder.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 40 words
A tire transponder to be set in a tire characterized by setting a probe for electrically directly connecting an antenna terminal in the electronic circuit of said transponder to a predetermined metallic component member in said tire to said transponder.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 27 words
A tire transponder according to claim 4, including a small antenna for impedance matching between said electronic circuit and said metallic component member used as said antenna.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

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