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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque, Habay-la-Neuve, BE;
Gauthier Piret, Ster-Francorchamps, BE;
Gilles Bonnet, Niederfenlen, LU;
Olivier Di Prizio, Hettange-Grande, FR;
Daniel Paul Luc Marie Hinque, Habay-la-Neuve, BE;
Gauthier Piret, Ster-Francorchamps, BE;
Gilles Bonnet, Niederfenlen, LU;
Olivier Di Prizio, Hettange-Grande, FR;
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 one or both of the cavities. A coupling post having an axial bore extends from the hollow body through a tire wall thickness to a tire central cavity. A remote end of the coupling post is operative for sequential alternative attachment to a punch device for penetrating in a pre-cure procedure through the tire wall thickness to the tire central cavity.