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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2010
Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque, Habay-la-Neuve, BE;
Jean Joseph Victor Collette, Arlon, BE;
René Louis Bormann, Moesdorf, LU;
Massimo Di Giacomo Russo, Olm, LU;
Gilles Bonnet, Niederfeulen, LU;
Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque, Habay-la-Neuve, BE;
Jean Joseph Victor Collette, Arlon, BE;
René Louis Bormann, Moesdorf, LU;
Massimo Di Giacomo Russo, Olm, LU;
Gilles Bonnet, Niederfeulen, LU;
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
An air passageway body resides within a tire body and extends between an outward facing tire body surface and the tire cavity, the air passageway body having an enclosed air passageway extending between a hollow body outlet end facing the tire cavity and a hollow inlet end facing outward from the outward facing tire body surface. A tapping device is affixed over one or both of the ends of the air passageway body, the tapping device having an external vent opening and a protrusion member penetrating through a sidewall of the air passageway body to operatively establish an air flow path extending between the air passageway of the air passageway body through the protrusion member and the tapping device vent opening. The air passageway body is installed pre-cure within a green tire carcass build of the tire body and the tapping device(s) are attached post-cure to the air passageway body.