Disclosed are various embodiments for sensing wear of a tire tread and for providing for electrostatic discharge of electrostatic charge buildup in a vehicle. Various sensor structures and electrostatic discharge structures are created using conductive rubber compositions and/or other elements to achieve tire tread wear sensing and discharge of electrostatic buildup. Such structures include conductors made of conductive rubber compositions, for example, having an uncured or cured electrical resistance at 23° C. less than about 10 KΩ when formed into a wire about 254 millimeters long and 2 millimeters in diameter.

A method is provided for installing a mounting against a wall of a tire. The mounting is formed of an elastomeric material and holds an electronic module. The method includes steps of: providing a mould that includes a mould cavity, placing an unvulcanized mounting in the mould cavity, and vulcanizing the unvulcanized mounting simultaneously with vulcanizing other components of the tire.

A patch is provided for an electronic device of a tire. The patch includes first and second compartments. The first compartment, which does not include an opening, is structured to house therein an electronic identification module. The second compartment, which includes a reclosable opening, is structured to house therein an electronic module having a complementary function to a function of the electronic identification module. The electronic module is adapted to receive identification data from the electronic identification module.

A method of mounting an object on a tire includes providing a tire having a sidewall, wherein the sidewall includes a mounting portion configured to receive an object. The method further includes mounting the object on the mounting portion of the sidewall, such that the object is visible without extending outwardly beyond the mounting portion.

The invention relates to a device for measuring an operating variable, to be fitted onto a tyre, comprising: an electronic circuit distributed over a first face of an electronic board and comprising a sensor; a protective housing at least partially covering the electronic circuit; and at least one first antenna wire having one end galvanically connected to the electronic circuit and integrally extending so as to project laterally from the housing;

According to the invention, the housing comprises a lateral portion which projects substantially tangentially to a proximal end portion of the first wire in accordance with the generatrix of said first wire.

A pneumatic tire includes two plate-like members which have a plurality of through holes formed therein, and are adhered to each other by adhesion portions at least at two positions spaced apart from each other, and a supporting member which is inserted between the two plate-like members between the adhesion portions being adjacent to each other, wherein a part of an outer surface of one of the two plate-like members is attached to an inner surface of a tread portion so that a space is formed between the outer surface of the one of the two plate-like members that are adhered and the inner surface of the tread portion.

A pneumatic tire includes a plate-like member in which a plurality of through holes and slits having both ends positioned within a plate surface are formed, and a supporting member which is inserted into the slits and supports plate-like portions in both sides of the slits in opposite directions to each other, wherein the plate-like member is attached to an inner surface of the tread portion by mounting portions which are respectively positioned closer to an outer side than both ends of the slits, so that a space is formed between the plate-like member and the inner surface of the tread portion.

The present invention relates to a tyre (11) having an inner surface (111) and provided with at least one monitoring device (3) adhering to said inner surface (111), wherein said monitoring device (3) is made on a flexible support, and wherein the adhesion of said flexible support to said inner surface (111) is achieved through a decoupling element (4) interposed between said at least one monitoring device (3) and said inner surface (111) of the tyre (11).

In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for taking acoustic/ultrasonic wave measurements of a wellbore using a downhole tool equipped with microelectromechanical (MEM) transducers are provided. The MEM transducers may include a plurality of MEM transmitters (e.g., MEM speakers) and a plurality of separate MEM receivers (e.g., MEM microphones). These MEM transducers may be disposed in arrays proximate an outer surface of the downhole tool to collect acoustic/ultrasonic wave measurements of the full circumference of a wellbore. Due to their small size, large numbers of MEM transducers may be distributed radially around the downhole tool. Such an arrangement of sensors may enable the downhole tool to perform measurements of the entire wellbore without the downhole tool needing to be rotated, leading to an increased signal-to-noise ratio of the measurements.

Provided is a pneumatic tire including one fastener in a separable pair of mechanical fasteners, the one fastener being disposed on the tire inner surface. The one fastener includes at least two components. The at least two components are fixed together while sandwiching the fixing member made from a resin or a resin composition composed of a blend of a resin and an elastomer. The fixing member includes anchoring elements disposed only on the side facing the tire inner surface. The anchoring elements are at least partially embedded in the tire inner surface.