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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque, Habay-la-Neuve, BE;
Yannick Raymond Georges Haegel, Villeneuve d'aseq, FR;
Olivier Di Prizio, Hettange-Grande, FR;
Gilles Bonnet, Niederfeulen, LU;
Andreas Frantzen, Trier, DE;
Raphael Beck, Reichlange, LU;
Patrice Clausse, Ettelbruck, LU;
Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque, Habay-la-Neuve, BE;
Yannick Raymond Georges Haegel, Villeneuve d'aseq, FR;
Olivier Di Prizio, Hettange-Grande, FR;
Gilles Bonnet, Niederfeulen, LU;
Andreas Frantzen, Trier, DE;
Raphael Beck, Reichlange, LU;
Patrice Clausse, Ettelbruck, LU;
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
An air maintenance tire and connector system includes a tire carcass having an elongate integral air passageway contained within a flexible tire component of the tire carcass between an air inlet and an air outlet cavity and a connector assembly inserted within an outlet one of the cavities. The connector assembly includes a hollow right angled elbow-shaped body fitting within the outlet cavity. The elbow-shaped body's second housing segment has an axial length sufficient to project axially inward from the first housing segment through a tire wall thickness to a tire central cavity. A valve device attaches to a remote end of the second housing segment within the tire cavity, the valve device operative to regulate air flow between the elbow-shaped body central chamber and the tire cavity.