A retreading method for a tire comprising an electronic assembly (1) provided with an electronic module, a rubber patch fastened to an inner wall of the tyre, said patch including a seat designed to house an active portion of the electronic module, comprises the following steps: removing the electronic module from the patch used for fastening, placing a protective cover (40) that is resistant to vulcanization on the patch so as to cover the patch, placing a new tread on the tire, vulcanizing the tyre with the new tread, removing the protective cover (40) from the patch, and re-inserting the electronic module into the rubber patch.

An electronic assembly (1) for a tire comprises an electronic module (30) and a rubber patch (10) provided with a housing (14) suitable for allowing the positioning of an active part of the electronic module (30) in said housing (14), wherein the patch (10) is configured according to a substantially elongate axial profile with a base (12) and a top (19) separated by a lateral wall (11), said patch (10) comprising a lateral opening (13) communicating with the housing (14); the electronic module (30) is configured according to a substantially elongate axial profile and comprises a gripping head (31) extending axially so as to project out of the patch (10); and the gripping head (31) of the electronic module (30) is covered with a protective rubber jacket (20).

A positioning device for keeping a monitoring device for tyres of vehicle wheels in an installation condition, includes: two separate active portions, each having a main surface the shape of which matches that of a respective portion of an outer surface of a monitoring device, said separate active portions being adapted to cooperate with at least base portions of said monitoring device so that, when said positioning device is associated with said monitoring device, the base portions of said monitoring device are maintained at a given mutual distance by said active portions.

Provided are a pneumatic tire where a band-shaped surface fastener extending in a tire circumferential direction is mounted on a tire inner surface, a cut portion composed of a group of a plurality of notches extending in a width direction of this surface fastener without traversing this surface fastener is formed in this surface fastener repetitively along the tire circumferential direction, the surface fastener is divided into a plurality of components by these notches, and the surface fastener is disposed on the tire inner surface in a state where the cut portion is stretched so the components are continuous in the tire circumferential direction.

A connecting member and method of forming the connecting member in an air maintenance tire is provided. The method includes providing a tire having a sidewall formed with an annular groove. The groove receives an annular air tube having a first end with a first fitting and a second end with a second fitting. A recess is formed in the tire sidewall along the annular groove at a location where the first end of the annular air tube is adjacent the second end of the annular air tube. A mold formed with a cavity is provided and the fittings are removably secured in the cavity. The mold is positioned on a surface of the tire sidewall and an elastomer or a polymer is introduced into the mold cavity. The mold is heated to form the connecting member on the tire sidewall.

Provided are a pneumatic tire and a method for manufacturing the same. At least one sensor unit including a sensor that acquires tire information is fixed to a tire inner surface via an adhesive layer, and an amount of silicon in a release agent detected by fluorescent X-ray analysis at least in a fixing region for the sensor unit is from 0.1 wt % to 10.0 wt %.

A self-powered sensing and transmitting device is provided and includes a piezoelectric generator, a carrying structure stacked with the piezoelectric generator, an encapsulation support structure including an encapsulation portion encapsulating the piezoelectric generator and the carrying structure and two supporting portions connected to two ends of the encapsulation portion, and a fixed support structure for being correspondingly coupled with the two supporting portions and fixed on a flexible surface. The self-powered sensing and transmitting device can be applied to a tire monitoring system and a motion monitoring system.

An assembly for mounting an electronics package to a tire includes an electronics package, a mount with a peripheral flange, and an attachment patch. The electronics package is connected to the mount, which is in contact with the tire. The attachment patch is connected to the mount and includes a central opening that it smaller than the peripheral flange. The attachment patch is further affixed to the tire.

An RFID mesh label configured to be integrally incorporated within a vulcanized tire and to further provide unique identifier(s) and/or other information about the vulcanized tire during and/or post-vulcanization, the RFID mesh label including a face layer configured to be positioned adjacent or flush to an outer surface of the vulcanized tire; an RFID layer positioned underneath the face layer, the RFID layer having an RFID device that is configured to provide unique identifier(s) and/or other information about the vulcanized tire upon being read with an RFID reader; and a mesh backing overlying the RFID layer and adapted to be integrally incorporated in a vulcanized tire after subjecting a green tire to a vulcanization process.

Sensor assemblies and systems comprise a housing configured with an electrical sensor device retained therein to protect the sensor device. The housing may include display indicia relating to some aspect of the sensor assembly. The electrical sensor device include electrical components useful for the purpose of monitoring and transmitting desired data relating to operating parameters/conditions of the dynamic article that the sensor assembly is attached with. The data is transmitted wirelessly from the electrical sensor device. The housing is removably attached with a retaining member that is also attached with the dynamic article or an element connected thereto. A receiver external from the dynamic article receives the data to determine such operating parameter/or conditions, when the dynamic article is a vehicle tire, as outside diameter, tread depth, pressure, radial load, vehicle camber and/or toe alignment variations, and tire/vehicle location, which may be stored.