Bridge Products, Inc.

John R Earley

Paul Alan Stewart

Tire valve

A corrosion resistant tire valve assembly includes a valve body which is bonded at one end to an elastomeric base member that defines an outer sealing surface. A valve core assembly is threadedly mounted in the valve body, and this valve core assembly carries a seal member which is shaped to engage and seal against the outer sealing surface of the base member. In addition, the seal member extends up into an inner passageway defined by the valve core assembly. The cooperation between the seal member and the base member protects both the valve body and the valve core assembly from corrosion, as for example corrosion resulting from exposure to salt solutions commonly used to weight tires in agricultural and heavy construction applications.

Corrosion resistant tire valve assembly and components thereof

A tire valve assembly which is adapted to be mounted on the rim for a tubeless tire, and wherein the tire valve assembly is constructed of a non-metallic material. The tubeless tire valve assembly includes a valve stem which is constituted of a plastic material, for example, such as nylon or fiber-reinforced nylon, or a plastic material possessing similar physical properties, which has a flange integrally formed therewith at one end of the valve stem, and which is encompassed by a rubber grommet towards that stem end, and which is adhesively bonded to the valve stem and adapted to be sealingly mounted within an aperture formed in a tire rim for a tubeless tire.

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Lynchburg, VA, United States of America

John R Earley