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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Dana Italia S.r.l., Arco, IT;
Inventors:
Mario Bonora, Tenno, IT;
Alessandro Strauss, Rovereto, IT;
Giovanni Mariech, Rovereto, IT;
Alberto Cis, Ledro, IT;
Assignee:
DANA ITALIA S.R.L., Arco, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/00363 (2020.05); B60C 23/00345 (2020.05); B60C 23/00381 (2020.05);
Abstract
Various systems and methods are provided for a central tire inflation system with a wheel hub including an integrated sealing surface. In one embodiment, a system includes a vehicle wheel hub including a gas passage and a sealing surface shaped to engage directly with a seal to fluidly couple the gas passage to a counterpart gas passage of a stationary vehicle component. The sealing surface may be formed integrally with the vehicle wheel hub and shaped to engage directly with the seal with no other components disposed between the sealing surface and the seal.