Title:
AUTOMOTIVE TIRE INFLATION SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2001055025
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To prevent a rotating joint from interfering in a driving shaft, a bearing, or lubrication, to eliminate any influence on the hardness of a conventional automotive parts, and to facilitate the operation like as a brake shoe so as not to cause difficulties at the time of re-assembling.
A rotating air joint 30 distributing air to a tire attached to a rotating hub 14 of a follower axle is placed next to a parking brake of a rear disc brake structure. In a preferable structure, each rotating member 33 is connected to the hub 14 and a rotor assembly through a rotor fixing bolt 42, and a fixing component 34 is disposed in an axle pipe 12 to form the rotating air joint 30 which can make the change in a conventional wheel assembly minimum.
Inventors:
BEESLEY PETER ALFRED
Application Number:
JP2000198145A
Publication Date:
February 27, 2001
Filing Date:
June 30, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
DANA CORP
International Classes:
B60C23/00; (IPC1-7): B60C23/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Sanada Yuzo (2 outside)