Tire Component for a Green Tire

Abstract

The invention is based on a tire component (1) for a green tire (6), a rubber region (2) of the tire component (1) being made of rubber, at least one transmitting and receiving device (3) being arranged in the rubber region (2), the at least one transmitting and receiving device (3) being an electromagnetically acting transmitting and receiving device (3) and the at least one transmitting and receiving device (3) having at least one antenna (4), wherein the at least one antenna (4) is arranged on a carrier device (5).

Claims

1-10. (canceled)

11. A tire component for a green tire comprising: a rubber region of the tire component being made of rubber, at least one transmitting and receiving device being arranged in the rubber region, the at least one transmitting and receiving device being an electromagnetically acting transmitting and receiving device, and the at least one transmitting and receiving device having at least one antenna, wherein the at least one antenna is arranged on a carrier device.

12. The tire component as claimed in claim 11, wherein the carrier device is one of a fabric, a glass fiber fabric, a nylon fabric, a polyamide fabric, a polyester fabric, a poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) fabric and/or a cotton fabric, or is a film, the film being formed from polyamide, polypropylene and/or polyethylene terephthalate.

13. The tire component of claim 11, wherein the at least one antenna is a linear antenna or a non-linear antenna.

14. The tire component of claim 11, wherein the rubber region is formed from a crude rubber and/or an elastomer.

15. The tire component of claim 11, wherein the rubber region is a sidewall region, a rim-strip region or a core-profile region of the tire component.

16. A green tire rotatable in a circumferential direction about an axis of rotation comprising: an inner tire surface; an outer tire surface, wherein, starting from the axis of rotation, the outer tire surface lies radially further outward than the inner tire surface and the outer tire surface is oriented away from the green tire and the inner tire surface is oriented toward the axis of rotation; and a tire component comprising: a rubber region of the tire component being made of rubber, at least one transmitting and receiving device being arranged in the rubber region, the at least one transmitting and receiving device being an electromagnetically acting transmitting and receiving device, and the at least one transmitting and receiving device having at least one antenna, wherein the at least one antenna is arranged on a carrier device.

17. The tire of claim 16, wherein the tire has been vulcanized.

18. A method for using an electromagnetically acting transmitting and receiving device in a tire component, the method comprising: providing a tire component; providing an electromagnetically acting transmitting and receiving device, wherein the transmitting and receiving device has at least one antenna and the at least one antenna is arranged on a carrier device; and introducing the electromagnetic transmitting and receiving device into a rubber region of the tire component.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein, after providing the electromagnetically acting transmitting and receiving device and prior to the introducing the electromagnetic transmitting and receiving device, the rubber region is cut open to create a receiving opening within the rubber region and subsequently the electromagnetic transmitting and receiving device is arranged in the receiving opening, or the electromagnetic transmitting and receiving device is shot into the rubber region.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the tire component is vulcanized.

21. The tire component of claim 11, wherein the carrier device is a fabric and includes a material bonding connection that connects with the rubber region.

22. The tire component of claim 21, wherein the carrier device is resistant to forces that occur during regular operation of a pneumatic tire.

23. The tire component of claim 22, wherein the at least one antenna is a non-linear antenna and extends from the at least one transmitting and receiving device and follows a meandering shape configured to compensate for expansion of surrounding rubber material.

24. The tire component of claim 23, wherein the tire component is positioned within a receiving opening within a region of a pneumatic tire.

25. The tire component of claim 24, wherein the region is a sidewall region that is formed after placing the tire component in the sidewall region.

26. The tire component of claim 24, wherein the region is a rim-strip region located under a bead core.

27. The tire component of claim 24, wherein the region is a core-profile region located above a bead core.

28. The method of claim 18, wherein the carrier device for the at least one antenna is a fabric.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the rubber region is of a green tire and comprised of rubber and the tire component is part of the green tire.

Description

[0050] In the figures:

[0051] FIG. 1 shows a schematic representation of a tire component according to the invention;

[0052] FIG. 2 shows a schematic representation of a green tire according to the invention;

[0053] FIG. 3 shows a schematic representation of a green tire according to the invention of a further embodiment;

[0054] FIG. 4 shows a schematic representation of a green tire according to the invention of a further embodiment.

[0055] In FIG. 1, a tire component 1 for a green tire is schematically represented.

[0056] A rubber region 2 of the tire component 1 is made of rubber, at least one transmitting and receiving device 3 being arranged in the rubber region 2, the at least one transmitting and receiving device 3 being an electromagnetically acting transmitting and receiving device 3 and the at least one transmitting and receiving device 3 having at least one antenna 4. The at least one antenna 4 is arranged on a carrier device 5.

[0057] In FIG. 2, a green tire 6 according to the invention is schematically represented in a radial sectional view. The green tire 6 can be rotated in the circumferential direction 8 about an axis of rotation 7. The green tire 6 has an inner tire surface 9 and an outer tire surface 10. Starting from the axis of rotation 7, the outer tire surface 10 lies radially further outward than the inner tire surface 9. The outer tire surface 10 is oriented away from the green tire 6. The inner tire surface 9 is oriented toward the axis of rotation 7.

[0058] A rubber region 2 of a tire component 1 of the green tire 6 is made of rubber. The tire component 1 is part of the green tire 6.

[0059] According to the representation in FIG. 2, the rubber region 2 is a sidewall region of the tire component 1.

[0060] The green tire has in particular a bead core 11.

[0061] In FIG. 3, a green tire 6 according to the invention as provided by a further embodiment is schematically represented in a radial sectional view. According to the representation in FIG. 3 and as a difference from the representation in FIG. 2, the rubber region 2 is a core-profile region of the tire component 1.

[0062] In FIG. 4, a green tire 6 according to the invention as provided by a further embodiment is schematically represented in a radial sectional view. According to the representation in FIG. 4 and as a difference from the representation in FIG. 2 or the representation in FIG. 3, the rubber region 2 is a rim-strip region of the tire component 1.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

(Part of the Description)

[0063] 1 Tire component

[0064] 2 Rubber region

[0065] 3 Transmitting and receiving device

[0066] 4 Antenna

[0067] 5 Carrier device

[0068] 6 Green tire

[0069] 7 Axis of rotation

[0070] 8 Circumferential direction

[0071] 9 Inner tire surface

[0072] 10 Outer tire surface

[0073] 11 Bead core