Patent ID: 7318464

Claim:
A cured pneumatic tire having an open toroidal shape with an open toroidal cavity and with an inner cured rubber surface substantially co-existent with said open toroidal cavity; wherein a portion of said tire inner cured rubber surface contains a cured annular rubber strip adhesively bonded thereto by an adhesive layer positioned between said cured annular rubber strip and said tire inner rubber surface; wherein said annular cured rubber strip is in a form of an annular ring positioned in close proximity to, circumferentially around, and spaced apart from the peripheral edge of said internal cavity of said tire; wherein said annular cured rubber strip contains: (A) an electrically conductive wire as an antenna within said annular cured rubber strip which is substantially coextensive with the length of said annular cured rubber strip, and (B) a microprocessor in a housing for said microprocessor, wherein said annular cured rubber strip passes through said housing and wherein said microprocessor is inductively connected within said housing to said antenna; wherein said adhesive layer is comprised of a cured RTV composition comprised of an hydroxyl terminated polysiloxane crosslinked with a methyltris(methyl ethyl ketoximo) silane crosslinking agent, calcium carbonate, carbon black, amorphous silica, and stearic acid; wherein said tire inner cured rubber surface to which said adhesive layer is positioned has a three dimensional textured configuration; wherein, for said adhesive layer, said hydroxyl terminated organopolysiloxane is comprised of at least one of silanol terminated organopolysiloxane, disilanol terminated organopolysiloxane and disilanol terminated diorganopolysiloxane; and wherein said rubber for said tire inner cured rubber surface and said annular cured rubber strip is comprised of at least one of: (1) homopolymers and copolymers of at least one of isoprene and 1,3-butadiene and copolymers of at least one of isoprene and 1,3-butadiene with styrene, or (2) isobutylene-based rubbers as copolymers of isobutylene and from about 2 to about 8 weight percent units derived from isoprene and such isobutylene-based copolymers halogenated with chlorine or bromine; wherein said inner cured rubber surface of said tire contains a polysiloxane based coating thereon and said adhesive composition is bonded to said polysiloxane coated inner cured rubber surface by the crosslinking of said adhesive therewith.