US 12,459,308 B2
Pneumatic tire equipped with a transponder
Marco Pedrinelli, Rome (IT); Emiliano Sabetti, Rome (IT); Mauro Mirabile, Rome (IT); and Emanuele Rosa, Rome (IT)
Assigned to BRIDGESTONE EUROPE NV/SA, Zaventem (BE)
Filed by BRIDGESTONE EUROPE NV/SA, Zaventem (BE)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/442,875.
Application 18/442,875 is a continuation of application No. 17/050,570, granted, now 11,932,059, previously published as PCT/IB2019/053165, filed on Apr. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 102018000004917 (IT), filed on Apr. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0181818 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60C 19/00 (2006.01); B29D 30/00 (2006.01); B60C 15/00 (2006.01); B60C 15/06 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01); H01Q 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 19/00 (2013.01) [B29D 30/0061 (2013.01); B60C 15/0009 (2013.01); B60C 15/06 (2013.01); G06K 19/07764 (2013.01); H01Q 1/2241 (2013.01); B29D 2030/0077 (2013.01); B60C 2015/0614 (2013.01); B60C 2019/004 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pneumatic tire comprising:
a toroidal carcass, which comprises a body ply partially collapsed onto itself and therefore having two lateral flaps, in each of which an edge of the body ply rests against an exterior intermediate portion of the body ply itself;
two annular beads, one on each axial side of the tire, each of which occupies the respective space that is surrounded by the body ply and comprises a bead core and a bead filler;
an annular tread;
a pair of sidewalls, one on each axial side of the tire, arranged axially externally to the body ply and extending radially inward from the tread;
a pair of abrasion gum strips, one on each axial side of the tire, arranged at the beads axially externally to the body ply, and extending radially inward from the sidewalls; and
a transponder which is axially arranged in an interior of one of the two flaps of the body ply and is located radially more to the inside of the edge of the body ply in the one of the two flaps of the body ply;
wherein the transponder is arranged in contact with the body ply at the one of the two flaps of the body ply and the transponder is arranged radially between the edge of the body ply in the one of the two flaps of the body ply and the bead surrounded by the part of the body ply including the edge of the body ply;
wherein a radial distance greater than 7 mm is provided between the transponder and the edge of the body ply in the one of the two flaps of the body ply.