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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2013
Applicant:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Inventor:
Michael Joseph Durr, Strongsville, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/10 (2006.01); B60C 23/12 (2006.01); B29D 30/00 (2006.01); B60C 23/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 23/12 (2013.01); B29D 30/0061 (2013.01); B60C 23/0494 (2013.01); Y10T 152/10495 (2015.01);
Abstract
An air maintenance tire assembly includes a tire having an elongate valve stem projecting outward from the tire cavity and a tire sidewall having an elongate sidewall groove formed therein and housing an elongate air tube. A connecting tube extends between the air tube and the valve stem, the connecting tube having an internal connecting air passageway for directing air forced along the air tube air passageway into the internal valve stem passageway as the tire rolls over a ground surface.