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Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2017
Applicant:

Wabash National, L.p., Lafayette, IN (US);

Inventor:

Rodney P. Ehrlich, Monticello, IN (US);

Assignee:

Wabash National, L.P., Lafayette, IN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/04 (2006.01); B60C 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/0486 (2013.01); B60C 23/002 (2013.01); B60C 23/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tire inflation system for use with a vehicle includes an airflow regulator configured to adjust a tire pressure of an inflatable tire coupled to an axle included in a wheel-axle system of a vehicle. The tire inflation system may further include a controller including a processor and a memory, the memory having stored therein a plurality of instructions that when executed by the processor cause the controller to receive data indicative of a force load acting on the axle and adjust the airflow regulator to cause the airflow regulator to control the tire pressure of the inflatable tire based on the data indicative of the force load acting on the axle.


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