METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING ANNULAR ANTENNA AND TRANSPONDER APPARATUS

• Main Authors: SCHISLER ROBERT CHARLES, LOGAN BRIAN MATTHEW, PERSINGER DAVID SCOTT, PRENTIS JAMES WILLIAM, SEVERT TIMOTHY JOSEPH
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.09.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES; ELECTRICITY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; REPAIRING, OR CONNECTING VALVES TO, INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIESIN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; TYRE CHANGING OR REPAIRING; TYRE INFLATION; VEHICLE TYRES; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for mounting a transponder module in a pneumatic tire at an arbitrary point in a tire manufacturing process. SOLUTION: An annular antenna loop is electrically coupled to the transponder. The antenna and the transponder are at least partially embedded into a non-conductive carrier strip to form an annular assembly to render the antenna and transponder package unitarily transportable. The annular assembly affixes to a tire in a post-manufacture attachment procedure and at a location that minimizes the exposure of the annular apparatus to strain and to an electromagnetic interference from a metal wheel rim. A method of assembling the annular antenna and transponder tag includes: the formation of the antenna wire with an insulating cover therearound; cutting the covered antenna to have a proper length; stripping antenna wire ends; threading one antenna wire end through the transponder; splicing the antenna wire ends to each other; and injecting an insulating composition around a transponder tag and the spliced antenna end. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI