Patent ID: 8142600

Claim:
A method for mounting a tag in the sidewall of a pneumatic tire; the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a pneumatic tire that includes a vulcanized tire body having a crown portion and a pair of sidewalls; when seated in a tire rim, the vulcanized tire body defining a pressurizable chamber; each of the sidewalls having a bead portion that is adapted to be seated in the tire rim when the tire is mounted to the tire rim; each of the sidewalls having an inner surface and an outer surface; the inner surfaces of the sidewalls adapted to face the pressurizable chamber of the tire; one of the sidewalls defining a cavity that has an opening at the outer surface of the sidewall; step (a) further including the step of providing a cavity that has a cavity opening at the outer surface that is larger than the tag to be encapsulated in the cavity; (b) positioning a tag in the cavity with the entire tag disposed under the outer surface of the tire body; the tag having a central body with wires extending from opposed sides of the central body; and (c) entirely encapsulating the tag within the cavity with a rigid epoxy encapsulation material that directly adheres the tag to the sidewall of the tire body with the wires extending away from the central body.