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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2012
Thulasiram Gobinath, Hudson, OH (US);
Cheng-hsiung Lin, Hudson, OH (US);
Robert Leon Benedict, Tallmadge, OH (US);
Richard Nicholas Crano, Akron, OH (US);
Adam Joseph O'donnell, North Canton, OH (US);
Thulasiram Gobinath, Hudson, OH (US);
Cheng-Hsiung Lin, Hudson, OH (US);
Robert Leon Benedict, Tallmadge, OH (US);
Richard Nicholas Crano, Akron, OH (US);
Adam Joseph O'Donnell, North Canton, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
An air maintenance tire and pump assembly includes a pair of inline valves are positioned on respective opposite sides of an in-tire air passageway inlet junction and a pair of outlet valves positioned at a downstream side of a respective inline valve. A bypass valve is further provided extending between the downstream valve sides of the inline valves, the bypass valve operative to open and bypass the flow of inlet air through the outlet valves to the tire cavity in the event that a tire cavity pressure is greater than a preset pressure level and close when a tire cavity pressure is less than the preset pressure level.