Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Micheal Sand
  • Apparatus for bonding an active tag to a patch and a tire
    Patent number: 6443198
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for bonding an active tag to a patch and assembling the patch to a tire is set forth. A patch assembly and a method for securing an electronic monitoring device having electronic and mechanical components for monitoring at least one engineering condition within a tire, comprising an rigid tag assembly encapsulating the electronic monitoring device, bonded to a vulcanized rubber patch which is secured to the inner cavity of a tire utilizing a layer of dual cure bonding rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Bridgestone/Firestone North America Tire, LLC
    Inventors: Russell W. Koch, Guy J. Walenga, Paul B. Wilson