Patents by Inventor Robert Lambe

Robert Lambe has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and assembly of sensor ready tires
    Patent number: 6978669
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for post-cure application of electronics to a tire includes the steps: forming an antenna wire into a predetermined shape having first and second free ends; creating a transponder splice region between the first and second free antenna ends, incorporating transponder splice region identification indicia; curing the antenna wire into a tire during a tire manufacturing procedure; locating the transponder splice region by means of the transponder splice region identification indicia; and splicing the antenna wire ends to a sensor in a post-cure procedure. The transponder splice region identification indicia may include sandwiching a junction box or the overlapped ends of the antenna wire or wires between layers of select material that will not bond to the tire inner liner or antenna cover compounds and incorporating an air pocket in the sandwiched region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Robert Edward Lionetti, Robert Lambe
  • Method and assembly of sensor ready tires
    Publication number: 20050132788
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for post-cure application of electronics to a tire includes the steps: forming an antenna wire into a predetermined shape having first and second free ends; creating a transponder splice region between the first and second free antenna ends, incorporating transponder splice region identification indicia; curing the antenna wire into a tire during a tire manufacturing procedure; locating the transponder splice region by means of the transponder splice region identification indicia; and splicing the antenna wire ends to a sensor in a post-cure procedure. The transponder splice region identification indicia may include sandwiching a junction box or the overlapped ends of the antenna wire or wires between layers of select material that will not bond to the tire inner liner or antenna cover compounds and incorporating an air pocket in the sandwiched region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Lionetti, Robert Lambe