Rapid repair of pneumatic tire with damage by cut or tear
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorBrock J. Stull
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Abstract
A tire patch clamp assembly for sealing a cut in a pneumatic tire may include an inner plate inserted through the cut and placed on an inside surface of the pneumatic tire. An outer plate is placed on an outside surface of the pneumatic tire. The outer plate is coupled to the inner plate with a threaded rod and a secondary pin. A nut is coupled to the inner plate for receiving the threaded rod. A cam handle assembly is attached to the threaded rod and extends from the outer plate. The cam handle assembly turns the threaded rod in the nut to adjust the distance between the inner plate and the outer plate until the cut is sealed between the inner plate and the outer plate.
Claims20
A tire patch clamp assembly for sealing a cut in a pneumatic tire, comprising:
- an inner plate for being inserted through the cut and placed on an inside surface of the pneumatic tire;
- an outer plate for being placed on an outside surface of the pneumatic tire;
- the outer plate coupled to the inner plate with a threaded rod and a secondary pin;
- the secondary pin is a slotted split pin inserted through a guide hole in the outer plate into a compressing hole in the inner plate;
- a nut coupled to the inner plate receiving the threaded rod;
- a cam handle assembly comprising a cam handle and a seat member attached to a threaded rod with a cam handle attachment;
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- the threaded rod extending from the outer plate, wherein the cam handle assembly turns the threaded rod in the nut adjusting the distance between the inner plate and the outer plate until the cut is sealed between the inner plate and the outer plate.
A tire patch clamp assembly for sealing a cut in a pneumatic tire, comprising:
- an inner plate for being inserted through the cut and placed on an inside surface of the pneumatic tire;
- an outer plate with a recessed channel for being placed on an outside surface of the pneumatic tire;
- the outer plate coupled to the inner plate with a threaded rod and a secondary pin;
- the inner plate having a threaded hole for receiving the threaded rod;
- the threaded hole comprising a chamfered surface wherein the chamfered surface inside the threaded hole is sealed with an o-ring on the threaded rod to prevent air from leaking;
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- the threaded rod having a fastener head extending from the recessed channel of the outer plate, wherein the fastener head is engaged with a tool to turn the threaded rod in the threaded hole adjusting the distance between the inner plate and the outer plate until the cut is sealed between the inner plate and the outer plate.
A tire patch clamp for sealing a cut in a pneumatic tire, comprising:
- an inner plate with a threaded hole for being inserted through the cut placed on an inside surface the pneumatic tire;
- the inner plate comprises a chamfered surface at the end of the threaded hole towards the pneumatic tire;
- the chamfered surface seals against an o-ring on the threaded rod to prevent air from leaking;
- an outer plate with a thru-hole aligned with the inner plate for being placed on an outside surface of the pneumatic tire;
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- a threaded rod with a cam handle assembly comprising a cam handle and a seat member attached to the threaded rod with a cam handle attachment inserted through the thru-hole of the outer plate and into the threaded hole in the inner plate wherein the cam handle assembly turns the threaded rod in the threaded hole adjusting the distance between the inner plate and the outer plate until the cut is sealed between the inner plate and the outer plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.