A method for encapsulating electronic devices comprises, successively, placing a profiled strip on a conveyor belt, the profiled strip comprising a base, at least one flap protruding with respect to said base; positioning an electronic device, in the longitudinal direction, on the receiving zone of the profiled strip; and plastically deforming the flap by application of an application force in a predetermined direction.

Methods for increasing the read range of an electronic communication module within a tire and methods for improving the read range of an electronic communication module within a tire are provided herein. As discussed further herein, the read range can be improved by applying strain to the tire without circumferentially contacting the outer surface of its tread, resulting in an increase in the same-distance-signal-strength of 5% or more. Also provided are tires made according to the disclosed methods.

A tire includes an inner liner, an electronic component unit pasted on a tire inner cavity side of the inner liner, and a vulcanizing adhesive which joins the inner liner and the electronic component unit, in which the electronic component unit has an electronic component and a resin film which covers at least part of the electronic component, and the vulcanizing adhesive has a thickness of no more than 30 μm.

To provide a coil that has satisfactory characteristics even when the coil is used by being attached to or embedded in a tire, the coil forming an RFID tag in combination with a substrate on which an RF chip and a pattern coil connected to the RF chip are mounted. A coil 30 is held in a housing 75 accommodating a substrate 90 and is wound around the substrate 90. A first end of the coil 30 extends from the substrate 90 and forms a first element 50 of an antenna. A second end of the coil 30 extends from the substrate 90 and forms a second element 60 of the antenna. The first element 50 and the second element 60 are arranged in parallel to each other, and the first element 50 has a longer extension length than the second element 60. The coil 30 and a pattern coil 40 form a coupling transformer 20. The number of windings in the coil 30 is smaller than the number of windings in the pattern coil 40.

Embodiments described herein relate to methods for improving the readability of a radio device incorporated into a tire or tire retread. The embodiments also include an electronic communication module suitable for incorporating into a tire or tire retread, where the electronic communication module comprises a radio device having at least a portion of its outer surface surrounded by a rubber composition.

Disclosed are pre-cure RFID-enabled bead labels based on an RFID inlay construction consisting of an aluminum antenna etched on to a high temperature resistant polyimide film that is connected to an integrated memory circuit positioned on the surface of the polyimide film. This RFID inlay being further inserted into an overall label construction having a plurality of layers that include, for example, a plurality of polyester layers and a plurality of high temperature resistant adhesive layers that bond/adhere layers together, the plurality of layers further protecting and insulating the RFID inlay while the label is bonded to the external bead (or sidewall) of a tire. The compositions/devices disclosed herein can be used for electronic identification when applied on rubber-based articles (e.g., tires) prior to being subjected to stress related to the vulcanization process and normal use of this article during the manufacturing process.

A tire including a bead core; bead filler; upper ply; reinforcement ply which is provided to overlap a tire-radial direction inside portion of the upper ply; and down ply which overlaps a turnup part of the upper ply and reinforcement ply, and extends from an outer side in the tire-radial direction to an inner side in the tire-radial direction so as to encompass the bead core and bead filler together with the upper ply, in which an electronic component is embedded in a region of substantially triangular shape in a cross section surrounded by the turnup part of the upper ply, down ply and an end part of the reinforcement ply.

A device includes a processing device, memory, wireless circuitry, a touch-sensitive display. Programs are stored in the memory, when executed by the processing device, cause: displaying a user interface on the touch-sensitive display that includes a set of menu items associated with adaptive devices; detecting a first contact on the touch-sensitive display associated with a first menu item for selection of control of a first adaptive device; in response to detecting the first contact, displaying a set of control indicia associated with control functionality of the first adaptive device; detecting a second contact on the touch-sensitive display associated with a first control indicia of the set of control indicia; generating an actuation command associated with the first control indicia that corresponds to a specific action of the adaptive device; and transmitting, using the wireless circuitry, the actuation command to a wireless adapter device to which is coupled the adaptive device.

The invention concerns a patch RFID device (1A, 1B, 2, 3) for tires, designed to be applied to an inner liner of a tire before or after tire vulcanization/curing and comprising an innovative flexible multilayer planar structure.

A tire includes an electronic device, such as an RFID chip, within the body of the tire. For particular embodiments, an RFID chip is disposed within a tire belt. The RFID chip may be disposed on an inner or outer belt. A method of joining the RFID chip to a tire cord is also provided.