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Abstract

According to the invention there is in conjunction with a pneumatic tire (10') having an electronic tag (100) mounted therein with a patch (70') having a first side (72') for mounting against the innerliner of the tire, a second arcuately-shaped side (73') and an internally threaded member (71') extending to the arcuately-shaped side (73'). The electronic tag has a pressure sensor (116) located at the bottom of a tubular shaped air inlet structure (118) opening at an upper surface (122a) of the electronic tag, an internally threaded nut (132) having one end (132a) disposed within the electronic tag (100) and an opposite end (132b) extending outward from the upper surface (122a) of the tag, an externally threaded member (134) threaded into the internally threaded nut (132) and extending through the upper surface (122a). The externally threaded member (134) is threaded into the internally threaded member (71') so that the opposite end (132b) of the internally threaded nut (132) is abutted against the internally threaded member (71') whereby the upper surface (122a) of the tag (100) is spaced from the second arcuately-shaped side (73') of patch (70') ensuring that the air inlet structure (118) is open to the tire cavity (16').

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