Title:
FILTER ASSEMBLY FOR AIR MAINTENANCE TIRE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2015048078
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To design a filter so as to minimize the stresses in the tire and allow for ease of assembly in the design of an air maintenance tire system.SOLUTION: A tire assembly has: a tire having a tread portion and a pair of sidewalls extending radially inward from the tread portion to join with a respective bead; a supporting carcass for the tread portion and sidewalls; a pump passageway 42 positioned within a bending region of the tire, the pump passageway 42 being operative to open and close as the tire rotates; a valve assembly 200 in fluid communication with the pump passageway 42; a pocket 400 formed in the tire; and a filter assembly 300 mounted in the pocket 400, the filter assembly 300 being in air flow communication with the valve assembly 200, wherein the pocket 400 has a larger area than a filter housing 304.
Inventors:
BENEDICT ROBERT LEON
SAMUEL PATRICK LANDERS
LIN CHENG-HSIUNG
DINESH CHANDRA
CAROLIN ANNA WELTER
THULASIRAM GOBINATH
ROBIN LAMGADAY
MARKS PATRICK DAVID
BRIAN RICHARD MORRIS
LOSEY ROBERT ALLEN
SAMUEL PATRICK LANDERS
LIN CHENG-HSIUNG
DINESH CHANDRA
CAROLIN ANNA WELTER
THULASIRAM GOBINATH
ROBIN LAMGADAY
MARKS PATRICK DAVID
BRIAN RICHARD MORRIS
LOSEY ROBERT ALLEN
Application Number:
JP2014177258A
Publication Date:
March 16, 2015
Filing Date:
September 01, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER
International Classes:
B60C23/00; B60C5/00; B60C19/00; B60C23/06; B60C23/12
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Akio Miyazaki
Masaaki Ogata
Masaaki Ogata
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