Pneumatic tire security system
OwnerRonald Kyleinventor
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Abstract
A system for allowing vehicles equipped with pneumatic tires to continue operating after a tire failure which would normally cause deflation of the tire employs one or more airbags stored in deflated configuration either about the exterior surface of the rim supporting the pneumatic tire or externally of the tire. The system further includes a container for compressed gases. A sensor connected to the inflated tire to detect sudden deflation releases the compressed gases so as to inflate the airbag to either support the tire or provide an exterior running surface adjacent to the deflated tire.
Claims8
A security system for a pneumatic tire supported on a wheel rim of a vehicle, comprising:
- A substantially gas impervious bag having an inflated condition and a deflated condition, normally stored in a deflated condition;
- a pressure sensor for the gas within the pneumatic tire adapted to generate a signal when the pressure within the pneumatic tire drops;
- a source of compressed gas;
- controlled by the sensor signal adapted to feed the compressed gas into the collapsed bag upon receipt of a signal from the sensor indicating sudden deflation of the pneumatic tire;
- whereby the bag will become inflated to assume a position which allows continued use of the vehicle without the support provided by the pneumatic tire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.