Title:
A device of an air maintenance tire and an elbow connector
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6174855
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A tire comprising a tire carcass; an elongate integral air passageway contained within a flexible tire component, the air passageway extending between an air inlet and an air outlet cavity in the flexible tire component, the air passageway extending at least a partial circumferential path around the tire carcass; and a connector assembly residing within at least a first of the cavities is disclosed. The connector assembly (198) includes a hollow elbow body (200) having a central chamber, the elbow body having first and second housing segments intersecting at substantially a right angle and a protruding funnel housing portion extending from the first housing segment, and a through-channel (208) extending through the funnel housing portion to the central chamber, the through-channel (208) having a sectional profile accommodating receipt of a free end of the strip core therein.
Inventors:
Daniel Paul Luc Marie Ankh
Yaniku Lemon Georges Eger
Olivier Di Prisio
Jeil Bonnet
Andreas Franzen
Rafael Beck
Patrice Claus
Yaniku Lemon Georges Eger
Olivier Di Prisio
Jeil Bonnet
Andreas Franzen
Rafael Beck
Patrice Claus
Application Number:
JP2012279451A
Publication Date:
August 02, 2017
Filing Date:
December 21, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
International Classes:
B60C23/12; B60C5/00; B60C29/04
Domestic Patent References:
JP2011126527A | ||||
JP2001235887A | ||||
JP2009537386A | ||||
JP2011235887A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Akio Miyazaki
Masaaki Ogata
Masaaki Ogata