Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device for controlling the pressure in a vehicle tyre
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Application No.: US14414476Application Date: 2013-06-10
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Publication No.: US09849737B2Publication Date: 2017-12-26
- Inventor: Pierre van Wyk Becker , Mark Gregory Marshall
- Applicant: Brian Bacon
- Applicant Address: ZA Cape Town
- Assignee: PRESSURERITE (PTY) LTD
- Current Assignee: PRESSURERITE (PTY) LTD
- Current Assignee Address: ZA Cape Town
- Agency: Polsinelli PC
- Priority: ZA2012/05211 20120713
- International Application: PCT/IB2013/054732 WO 20130610
- International Announcement: WO2014/009822 WO 20140116
- Main IPC: B60C23/12
- IPC: B60C23/12 ; B60C23/04

Abstract:
A device for Controlling pressure is disclosed which comprises a pump (28) having opposed pistons (30) which reciprocate in cylinders (40) carried by a casing (38). The pistons (30) are at the outer ends of rings (50) which are themselves fitted to an eccentric (26). The eccentric (28) is integral with a clutch plate (24). A second clutch plate (22) is fixed to a non-rotating axle (18) which itself forms part of a hanging counterweight structure (20). A piston (84) pushes the eccentric and clutch plate (26, 24) against the clutch plate (22) thereby to prevent the eccentric (26) tire from rotating with the rings (50) upon a sensor detecting that a tire has a low pressure in it. Stopping the eccentric initiates the pumping action of the pistons (30).
Public/Granted literature
- US20150191058A1 DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE PRESSURE IN A VEHICLE TYRE Public/Granted day:2015-07-09
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