Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inflation work station
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Application No.: US15203330Application Date: 2016-07-06
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Publication No.: US10065463B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Lawrence J. Lawson , Robert Reece
- Applicant: Android Industries LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: Android Industries LLC
- Current Assignee: Android Industries LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Agency: Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
- Main IPC: B60C25/14
- IPC: B60C25/14 ; B25J11/00 ; B25J9/00 ; B60S5/04 ; B60C25/132 ; B60C25/05 ; B60C25/12 ; B62D63/02

Abstract:
An inflation work station for inflating a tire-wheel assembly including a tire mounted to a wheel is disclosed. The inflation work station includes at least one inflation probe including a female portion and a male portion. The male portion is arrangeable with respect to the female portion in one of a non-mated orientation such that the at least one inflation probe is arranged in an offline orientation and a mated orientation such that the at least one inflation probe is arranged in an online orientation. The inflation work station further includes a working device including a controller, at least one movement actuator connected to the controller and the at least one inflation probe. The at least one movement actuator imparts movement to the male portion to result in the online/offline orientation of the at least one inflation probe. The inflation work station includes at least one valve connected to the controller and the at least one inflation probe. The inflation workstation includes at least one pressurized fluid source connected to the at least one inflation probe by way of the at least one valve to permit or deny communication of a pressurized fluid of the at least one pressurized fluid source to a cavity formed by the tire-wheel assembly for inflating the tire-wheel assembly. A method is also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160311276A1 Inflation Work Station Public/Granted day:2016-10-27
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