PRODUCT, AND ELECTRONIC TAG ASSEMBLY

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an RFID electronic tag incorporated into completed products such as tires.

SOLUTION: In an assembly of an article body and an electronic tag 32, an electronic device 24 and antennas 34 and 36 are attached or embedded into a rubber-base material composition part of the article. The antennas 34 and 36 are at least partly constructed to be a flexible conductive material such as conductive rubber. The flexible conductive material of the antennas 34 and 36 has the same material composition characteristics as a rubber-base portion of the article and the antennas 34 and 36 are suitable for mechanically incorporating into the relevant portion of the article. Changes in compression state in the rubber-base portion of the article cause changes in compression force applied from the relevant portion to the antenna arms 34 and 36 to yield detectable changes in the intensity of signals from the tag 32. The antenna arms 34 and 36 may change transmission characteristics in response to changes in the air pressure in the adjoining surrounding air mass in the article to function as an air pressure sensor.

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