Product such as a tire with RFID tag with rubber, elastomer, or polymer antenna

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9701080-B2
Application number	US-201314442034-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 13, 2013
Priority date	Nov 13, 2012
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

A product such as a tire includes a radio frequency identification device (RFID) assembly located along an outer sidewalk The RFID assembly has a thin, flexible, substantially planar, elongated non-conductive rubber, elastomer, or polymer substrate. First and second thin, flexible, elongated, substantially planar first antenna portions formed at least in part of the same conductive rubber, elastomer, or polymer are provided on the substrate. Opposite first and second ends of the first antenna portion have different first and second widths. A chip has opposite first and second ends in operative electrical connection with the first and second antenna portions, respectively, and is located between the outer sidewall and the substrate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tire comprising:
a tread portion spanning between inner and outer rubber sidewalls; and
a radio frequency identification device (RFID) assembly located along an outer sidewall, the RFID assembly including:
a thin, flexible, substantially planar, elongated non-conductive rubber substrate;
a thin, flexible, elongated, substantially planar first antenna portion formed at least in part of a conductive rubber, opposite first and second ends of the first an…

Assignees

• Cooper Tire & Rubber Co

Inventors

• Tucker Randall L

Classifications

• H01Q1/2225

  Electricity · mapped topic

• B60C23/0493

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B29D2030/0066

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• G06K19/07786

  Physics · mapped topic

• B29D2030/0077

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic