Tire inflator with inflation timer
AssigneeHopkins Manufacturing Corporation
InventorsLynn Curtis Strong, James Randolph Kingsbury, Chris Auerbach, Patrick Lee Ohm, Stephen LeVeau, Michael Williams
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Abstract
A portable inflation device having a pump, a control device, a user interface, and an inflation indicator. The pump includes an elongated hose with an inflation nozzle. The control device controls operation of the pump and is configured to sense a current pressure of an object, calculate the estimated remaining time to inflate the object to a target pressure, and display the remaining time using the inflation indicator. The user interface is configured to allow a user to enter the target pressure into the control device.
Claims20
A portable inflation device for inflating an object, the portable inflation device comprising:
- a pump including an elongated hose, and an inflation nozzle in fluid communication with the elongated hose and configured to connect to the object;
- a user interface attached to the pump and configured to receive a first signal representative of a target pressure;
- a control device coupled to the user interface and configured to—
- control operation of the pump,
- determine a current pressure of the object,
- receive a second signal representative of the target pressure from the user interface,
- calculate an estimated remaining time for running the pump until the current pressure is within a predetermined margin of the target pressure, and
- transmit a third signal representative of the estimated remaining time;
- and
- an inflation indicator wirelessly coupled to the control device and configured to—
- receive the third signal representative of the estimated remaining time, and
- display the estimated remaining time.
A portable inflation device for inflating an object, the portable inflation device comprising:
- a pump comprising—
- an elongated hose,
- an inflation nozzle configured to connect to the object, and
- a sensor configured to detect the current pressure of the object;
- a control device coupled to the sensor and configured to—
- receive a first signal representative of the current pressure of the object from the sensor of the pump, and
- transmit a second signal representative of the current pressure;
- a power cord having a first end for connecting to a power source and a second end for connecting to the control device;
- and
- an inflation indicator positioned on the first end of the power cord and configured to receive the second signal from the control device and display the current pressure.
A portable inflation device for inflating an object, the portable inflation device comprising:
- a pump comprising—
- an elongated hose,
- an inflation nozzle configured to connect to the object, and
- a sensor configured to detect the current pressure of the object;
- a user interface attached to the pump and configured to receive a first signal representative of a target pressure;
- a control device coupled to the user interface and configured to—
- control operation of the pump,
- receive a second signal representative of the current pressure of the object from the sensor of the pump,
- receive the first signal representative of the target pressure from the user interface,
- calculate an estimated remaining time for running the pump until the current pressure is within a predetermined margin of the target pressure, and
- transmit a third signal representative of the estimated remaining time, the current pressure, and the target pressure;
- a power cord having a first end for connecting to a power source and a second end for connecting to the control device;
- and
- an inflation indicator positioned on the first end and configured to receive the third signal from the control device and display the estimated remaining time, the target pressure, and the current pressure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.