Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dual wheels with internal air passageways
- Patent Title (中): 双轮内部空气通道
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Application No.: US13896052Application Date: 2013-05-16
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Publication No.: US09327563B2Publication Date: 2016-05-03
- Inventor: Olivier L. Noblanc , Christopher R. Renson , Peter K. Hobe , Larry K. Rogers , Olivier Marsaly
- Applicant: Hutchinson, SA
- Applicant Address: FR Paris
- Assignee: Hutchinson, SA
- Current Assignee: Hutchinson, SA
- Current Assignee Address: FR Paris
- Agent Steven R. Scott
- Main IPC: B60C29/02
- IPC: B60C29/02 ; B60B11/06 ; B60C23/00 ; B60C23/04 ; B60B19/08

Abstract:
This invention describes a system to maintain equal pressure in a pair of dual tires, and also incorporates a valve mechanism that will prevent one dual wheel tire from going flat in the event the other dual wheel tire experiences a rapid air loss. Dual wheels are typically mounted on the vehicle hub with both wheel disc faces in direct contact with each other. To ensure equal pressure in both tires, this invention has air passageways machined into the wheels such that the air passageways meet at the interface between the wheels where the wheel disc faces are in direct contact. These junctions are sealed by a rubber seal or gasket. Both tires can then be inflated or deflated simultaneously through a standard air valve located on either wheel. Where a dual wheel arrangement requires the use of an intermediate piece between the dual wheels, air passageways can connect the two-piece wheels via intermediate air passageways going through the common intermediate piece. A dual pressure equalizing valve is connected to the air passageways and embedded into the wheels or intermediate piece.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140034203A1 DUAL WHEELS WITH INTERNAL AIR PASSAGEWAYS Public/Granted day:2014-02-06
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