B60C23/0493

Systematized multi-point sensors unit for tire and tire having the same

A systematized multi-point sensors unit for a tire and a tire having the same are provided. More specifically, the systematized multi-point sensors unit includes: a sensor module composed of a plurality of sensors and attached onto an inner surface of a tire to monitor conditions of a tire and a road surface, and a connection member for connecting the plurality of sensors by wire, wherein the plurality of sensors are connected to each other by wire and arranged in a line in a manner of being perpendicular to a traveling direction of the tire.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HARVESTING ENERGY FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND A TIRE CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH THE SAME

A system for powering an electronic device within a tire is provided, the system comprising: a generator electrically connected to an electrically conductive wheel, the tire being mounted upon the wheel; the tire including bead portions, sidewalls, shoulders, a tread oriented in a trend region, an inner surface, and a metallic cord oriented within an interior of the tire; at least one conductive element extending from a bead portion and piercing into the interior of the tire and electrically connecting to the metallic cord; at least one electronic device within the vehicle tire; and at least one ground path extending through a thickness of the vehicle tire from the inner surface to an exterior surface in a contact patch of the tread; and wherein the at least one electronic device is electrically connected to the metallic cord and the at least one ground path.

TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM
20220063357 · 2022-03-03 ·

A tire pressure monitoring system monitors the pressure in at least one tire supporting a vehicle. The system includes at least one sensor mounted on the tire for measuring a pressure and a temperature of the tire. Transmission means transmit the measured pressure data and temperature data to a processor, and a tire pressure model is executed on the processor. The tire pressure model includes a driving event extractor to extract cold pressure data from the measured pressure data, and a temperature compensator to generate a compensated cold tire pressure from the cold pressure data. A noise filter filters sensor noise and generates a filtered cold tire pressure from the compensated cold tire pressure. A detection module receives the filtered cold tire pressure and determines an air pressure leak rate of the tire, and a leak notification corresponding to the air pressure leak rate is generated.

TYRE COMPRISING A MONITORING DEVICE

Tyre (10) comprising a monitoring device (1) which comprises a housing portion (2) and a base portion (3), the base portion (3) having a coupling surface (4) in single piece intended for fixing the monitoring device to the tyre, wherein the monitoring device (1) comprises an electronic unit (8) housed in the housing portion (2), wherein the monitoring device (1) is fixed to an inner surface (15) of the tyre (10) at a crown portion (16) of the tyre by an adhesive (6) interposed between the coupling surface (4) and the inner surface (15), wherein a first region (12) of the coupling surface (4) is covered by the adhesive (6) and a second region (13) of the coupling surface (4), complementary to the first region (12), is free of adhesive (6), and wherein the second region (13) is contained within a projection (5) of the housing portion (2) onto the coupling surface (4).

TIRE TYPE DETERMINATION METHOD AND TIRE TYPE DETERMINATION DEVICE

In order to provide a method and a device for determining a tire type of a running tire from a vehicle side, when determining the tire type, which is the type of the tire, from an output of an acceleration sensor attached to an inner surface side of a tire tread of the tire mounted on a vehicle, a feature vector is extracted from an acceleration waveform detected from the output of the acceleration sensor, and the tire type of the tire is determined, by a machine learning algorithm, from the extracted feature vector. The tire type is determined on the basis of the extracted feature vector and a determination model in which a feature vector obtained in advance for each tire type has been configured as learning data.

Electronic unit for measuring operating parameters of a vehicle wheel

A tire monitoring system electronic unit suitable for being mounted either on the tire inflation valve or on the internal surface of the tire. The system includes electronics for managing the electronic unit including sensors for measuring parameters of the tire, a microprocessor and a supply battery, and an antenna configured to be mountable on the management electronics; a way of securing the antenna and the electronic managing device to each other; the management electronics thus forming a common base capable of being used with an antenna that can be adapted to the intended location of the electronic unit, either on the tire inflation valve or on the internal surface of the tire.

Pneumatic Tire and Method for Manufacturing the Same
20210309054 · 2021-10-07 ·

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 a thickness of a release agent detected by an electron microscope at least in a fixing region for the sensor unit is from 0.1 μm to 100 μm.

Pneumatic Tire
20210309053 · 2021-10-07 ·

Provided is a pneumatic tire. At least one sensor unit including a sensor that acquires tire information is fixed to an innerliner constituting a tire inner surface, and the sensor unit is bonded to the tire inner surface via an adhesive layer in a state where a release agent present in the tire inner surface is removed by cutting at least in a fixing region for the sensor unit.

TYRE COMPRISING A MONITORING DEVICE

The present disclosure is directed to a tyre comprising a monitoring device fixed on the inner surface at a crown portion of the tyre, wherein the monitoring device comprises an electronic unit and an electric power supplier electrically connected to the electronic unit, the electronic unit comprising a sensor for detecting at least one of temperature, pressure, acceleration, deformation, a processing unit; a transceiver, wherein the monitoring device comprises a flexible support in a single body, the electronic unit being fixed on the flexible support, wherein the electric power supplier comprises a plurality of electric energy accumulators electrically connected to the electronic unit for supplying the electronic unit, and wherein each accumulator is fixed onto the flexible support.

Tire processing method

A tire comprises an inner surface defining and facing an inner hollow space, an outer surface pointing away from the inner hollow space. A method of processing the tire comprises identifying the position of a first feature on the outer surface and cleaning a surface portion of the inner surface of the tire, wherein the surface portion has a first predetermined position relative to the position of the first feature on the outer surface. A separate element is attached with its attachment surface to the surface portion, wherein a ratio of a size of the surface portion over a corresponding size of the attachment surface is smaller than 10.