|Número de publicación||US7504947 B2|
|Tipo de publicación||Concesión|
|Número de solicitud||US 11/408,466|
|Fecha de publicación||17 Mar 2009|
|Fecha de presentación||20 Abr 2006|
|Fecha de prioridad||26 Abr 2005|
|También publicado como||CA2605850A1, CA2605850C, CN101164195A, CN101164195B, EP1875551A2, EP1875551A4, US20060238356, WO2006116106A2, WO2006116106A3|
|Número de publicación||11408466, 408466, US 7504947 B2, US 7504947B2, US-B2-7504947, US7504947 B2, US7504947B2|
|Inventores||Randall L. Tucker|
|Cesionario original||Cooper Tire & Rubber Company|
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|Citas de patentes (76), Otras citas (9), Citada por (9), Clasificaciones (24), Eventos legales (6)|
|Enlaces externos: USPTO, Cesión de USPTO, Espacenet|
This application is based on and claims the benefit of provisional application No. 60/674,935 filed Apr. 26, 2005.
In the manufacture and use of tires, it is desirable to know a definitive serial number of a tire to provide a means for the correlation of beneficial data and to gather data regarding the tires such as air pressure, wear and miles of travel.
The present invention relates to a Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID). More particularly, the present invention relates to an RFID device permanently embedded in a tire during manufacture of the tire. The RFID device is used for identification and recording of mileage and other data in tires of all sizes. The RFID transmitter and additional components are cured directly into the tire to provide a tamper-proof system for permanent identification and is positioned at a fixed radial location in the tire. The fixed permanent radial location allows for accurate placement of the components and component splices during the assembly. It also provides for absolute radial positioning which is referenced in all additional assembly processes of the tire. Such absolute radial positioning of RFID devices in all tires produced in a run provides much improved quality and leads to improved quality inspections. The fixed radial reference location provides a means to locate a troublesome component, assembly technique or processes during the testing.
The RFID transmitter design provides for long-range transmission of the serial number that is utilized for the sorting and sequencing for additional processes.
The RFID device of the present invention is able to obtain an accurate count of the tire rotation through the use of a magnetic sensor which senses the earth's magnetic field. This sensor provides an input to a signal conditioner circuit, which provides an output to a counter circuit.
The present invention provides an electronic serial number for each tire manufactured. Such serial number may be accessed to determine the manufacture date, materials used, equipment used in manufacture and personnel involved with the assembly of such tires. It also provides beneficial design and warranty information.
In the assembly process, an RFID reader is attached to a tire building machine and electrically integrated to the machine control circuit. A directional antenna on the RFID reader provides a radial reference point on the tire, which establishes the location of components being added during the assembly. The directional RFID reader will be utilized in all the assembly and manufacturing processes to improve the quality of the tire.
Under the present invention, there is also provided a magnetic sensor to record the rotational count of a tire. This is accomplished by monitoring the output of the magnetic sensor through a comparator circuit and conditioning the signal. The circuit provides an output on a positive or negative leading or trailing edge of the signal, which indicates a rotation of the tire or sensor within the earth magnetic field. The system then records the counts (i.e. the number of rotations) which can then be accessed by reading the RFID data. One benefit of the RFID device is that it will provide an accurate mileage indication, which could be used for improving a tire design or warranty issues.
A benefit of the long-range transmission of the serial number of the tires is that it permits sorting and sequencing of the tires in subsequent processes of warehousing, sorting and shipping. The long-range transmission capability of the RFID device of the present invention provides for reading of skid-load quantities of tires in the warehousing and shipping operations.
Power to the RFID device may be obtained by a battery or an electromagnetic device for converting vibration or road noise encountered by the rotating tire/wheel into electrical energy. Prior art device which disclose apparatus for converting vibrating mechanical energy to electrical energy include international application PCT/US2004/003508 (International Publication Number WO 2005/022726 A1) including numerous devices disclosed therein and U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,741,966, 6,725,713 and 6,825,758 all of which are incorporated herein by reference.
As shown in
The sensor 22 for sensing the earth's magnetic field and using such magnetic field sensing capability for determining the number of revolutions of a tire may be one manufactured by NVE Corporation, Eden Prairie, Minn. as a modification of its series AA or AH analog sensors. The microchip/memory processor 24 may be a microcontroller such as that manufactured by Microchip Technology Inc., Chandler Ariz. as its CMOS microcontroller model TIC12F629/675 which utilizes an 8-bit, 8-pin device as set forth in U.S. Pat. No. 5,847,450.
Examples of sensors which utilize the earth's magnetic field in their functioning may be found in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,170,566 and 5,408,179 incorporated herein by reference.
The energy source 26 may be one of a number of electromagnetic devices for converting mechanical vibration to electrical energy including but not limited to those identified in the FIELD OF THE INVENTION.
Major features of the present invention include precise placement of the RFID device in the tire during manufacture, the utilization of a magnetic sensor for sensing the earth's magnetic field and, with other components mounted in a chip placed in a tire, the capability of counting the number of revolutions of the tire and transmitting that and other information to a remote location. Other features include:
1. An apparatus for the transmission of a radial location on a tire. External sensing of radial location on a tire is useful in the assembly and/or testing of a tire A device that could be used for such external sensing is an RFID transmitter, magnetic device, optical devices or other means of locating a radial position on a tire to improve quality or performance on the tire.
2. Long range transmission to assist in inventory and/or shipping.
3. An RFID transmitter providing a permanent serial number. The mileage of the tire may be obtained utilizing the earth's magnetic field and magnetic sensors to provide revolution count of the tire.
4. Utilization of a feature which develops electrical energy from mechanical energy (vibration of the tires) as a component of the RFID device.
The specific location of the RFID device or other information indicia for a given tire size and design may vary; however, once that location is determined for that specific tire size a design, it is important that, during the manufacturing operation, it be positioned in precisely that location in each tire manufactured of that size and design. This may be accomplished as shown in
Thereafter, the assembled carcass C and band layer are vulcanized by procedures well known in the art.
Many modifications will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the scope of this application should be limited only by the scope of the claims.
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|Clasificación de EE.UU.||340/572.1|
|Clasificación internacional||E01C23/00, G08B13/14|
|Clasificación cooperativa||G06K19/07764, G06K19/04, B60C23/0486, G06K19/07749, H01Q1/2241, B60C23/0433, B29D2030/0072, B60C23/0479, B29D30/0061, B60C23/0461, B60C9/18|
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