US 11,912,075 B2
Tyre comprising a monitoring device
Cristiano Puppi, Milan (IT); Andrea Natta, Milan (IT); Ivan Gildo Boscaino, Milan (IT); and Jan-Eric Jack Martijn Rubingh, Geldrop (NL)
Assigned to PIRELLI TYRE S.p.A., Milan (IT)
Appl. No. 17/311,027
Filed by Pirelli Tyre S.p.A., Milan (IT)
PCT Filed Dec. 16, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IT2019/050271
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/129104, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000020335 (IT), filed on Dec. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0016944 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B60C 23/00 (2006.01); B60C 23/04 (2006.01); B60C 23/20 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 23/0493 (2013.01) [B60C 23/0488 (2013.01); B60C 23/20 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tyre comprising a monitoring device fixed on an inner surface of the tyre, wherein the monitoring device comprises:
an electronic unit;
an electric power supplier comprising a housing body, a first pole at a first face of the housing body, and a second pole at a second face of the housing body, opposite to the first face;
an electric circuit for connecting the first pole and the second pole to the electronic unit; and
a single piece flexible support, wherein the electronic unit is fixed,
wherein the electronic unit comprises: at least one sensor for detecting at least one of the following physical quantities chosen from: temperature, pressure, acceleration, deformation, and combinations thereof; a processing unit; and a transceiver,
wherein the housing body is fixed onto the flexible support at the first face,
wherein the monitoring device comprises a tab integral with the flexible support at a first end of the tab and folded wherein a portion of the tab is fixed to the second face of the housing body, and
wherein the electric circuit comprises an electric connecting track extending along the tab up to electrically contact the second pole.