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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2019
Airgo Ip, Llc, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Sascha Castriotta, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Joseph S. Cappello, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Airgo IP, LLC, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Abstract
A tire pressure management system includes at least an axle, a hubcap supported by the axle and having an interior and an exterior, a rotary union mounted to the hubcap. The rotary union includes at least rotary union housing providing a central bore, a fluid conduit having upstream and downstream ends, a first bearing and a second bearing. Each of the bearings are in contact engagement with the fluid conduit via an inner race, and in sliding engagement with a bearing sleeve via an outer race. The bearing sleeve in pressing contact with the central bore; and a first and second seal, the first seal is disposed between the first bearing and the downstream end of the fluid conduit, the second seal adjacent the interior of the hubcap and disposed between the external surface of the fluid conduit and the internal surface of the central bore.