# US 2014/0190576 A1 · Horizontally-triggerable inflation connector > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0190576 A1 - Document ID: US20140190576A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/736,001 - Filed: 2013-01-07 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-07 - Assignees: Beto Engineering & Marketing Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Beto Engineering and Marketing Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Lopin Wang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190576A1 ## CPC - F16K 15/20: specially designed for inflatable bodies, e.g. tyres (connecting valves to inflatable bodies B60C29/00) - B60C 23/10: Arrangement of tyre-inflating pumps mounted on vehicles - F04B 33/005: {specially adapted for inflating tyres of non-motorised vehicles, e.g. cycles, tricycles} - B60C 29/06: Accessories for tyre-inflating valves, e.g. housings, guards, covers for valve caps, locks, not otherwise provided for {(B60C23/0496 takes precedence; tools for screwing and unscrewing valve caps B25B27/0057; pump connectors F04B33/005)} - B60S 5/04: Supplying air for tyre inflation (arrangement of tyre inflating devices on vehicles B60C23/00; tyre pressure gauges G01L17/00 {; pumps actuated by muscle power F04B33/00}) - Y10T 137/3584: Inflatable article [e.g., tire filling chuck and/or stem] - Y10T 137/3724: With coupling means - F16K: VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING {(devices for emptying and evacuating the excess liquid in valves or conduits F16L55/07)} - B60C: VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES - F04B: POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (machines for liquids, or pumps, of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F04C; non-positive-displacement pumps F04D; pumping of fluid by direct contact of another fluid or by using inertia of fluid to be pumped F04F) - B60S: SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A horizontally-triggerable inflation connector includes a casing, a packing unit, and a pull bar. The packing unit is received in the casing. The pull bar is arranged outside the casing and coupled to the packing unit. The pull bar is horizontally and reciprocally movable between a released position and a secured position. When the pull bar is at the released position, the packing unit is set in a released condition and when the pull bar is at the secured position, the packing unit is set in a compressed condition. Thus, the horizontally-triggerable inflation connector is operable to selectively secure or release an air valve so as to achieve convenience of operation. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A horizontally-triggerable inflation connector, comprising: a casing; a packing unit, which is received in the casing; and a pull bar, which is arranged outside the casing and coupled to the packing unit, the pull bar being horizontally and reciprocally movable between a released position and a secured position, whereby when the pull bar is at the released position, the packing unit is set in a released condition and when the pull bar is at the secured position, the packing unit is set in a compressed condition. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The horizontally-triggerable inflation connector according to claim 1, wherein the casing forms an air supply device connection port in communication with the outside, at least one inflation connection port in communication with the outside, an inflation channel formed inside the casing and communicating with the air supply device connection port and the inflation connection port, the air supply device connection port being adapted to connect an air supply device, the inflation connection port being adapted to receive an air valve to fit therein. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The horizontally-triggerable inflation connector according to claim 1, wherein the packing unit comprises an action seat, a packing ring abutting inside a bottom of the action seat, and a spring having an end abutting a top of the action seat, whereby when the pull bar is at the released position, the packing ring of the packing unit is set in the released condition and when the pull bar is at the secured position, the packing ring of the packing unit is in a compressed condition. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The horizontally-triggerable inflation connector according to claim 1 further comprising a conversion member, which is received in the casing, the conversion member being positioned against the packing unit, whereby when the conversion member is caused by the pull bar to take a linear movement and selectively apply a force to the packing unit, the packing unit is selectively compressed or released. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The horizontally-triggerable inflation connector according to claim 4, wherein the casing has an inside surface forming at least one guide channel, the conversion member having an outer circumferential surface from which at least one guide section projects outward, the guide section being received in the guide channel of the casing in such a way that the conversion member is only reciprocally and linearly slidable along the guide channel. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The horizontally-triggerable inflation connector according to claim 4 further comprising a nozzle unit, which is received in the casing, the nozzle unit comprising a nozzle and a spring arranged between the nozzle and the conversion member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The horizontally-triggerable inflation connector according to claim 4 further comprising a locking cap, which is secured to the casing to retain the packing unit and the conversion member inside the casing. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The horizontally-triggerable inflation connector according to claim 4 further comprising a driving member, which is received in the casing and coupled to the pull bar, the driving member having a bottom forming a plurality of second slopes that is arranged circumferentially in an equally-spaced manner, the conversion member having a top forming a plurality of first slopes that is arranged circumferentially in an equally-spaced manner, the driving member being arranged in such a way that the second slopes are respectively set in engagement with the first slopes of the conversion member, whereby when the driving member is driven by the pull bar to rotate, the second slopes are slidable along the first slopes of the conversion member so as to cause the conversion member to make liner movement. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The horizontally-triggerable inflation connector according to claim 8, wherein each of the second slopes of the driving member has upper and lower ends each of which forms a second stop and each of the first slopes of the conversion member has upper and lower ends each of which forms a first stop. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The horizontally-triggerable inflation connector according to claim 8 further comprising a pin, the casing forming an opening, the driving member having a top forming a first insertion hole, the first insertion hole being located outside the opening of the casing, the pull bar forming a second insertion hole in alignment with the first insertion hole of the driving member, the pin being received through the second insertion hole of the pull bar and the first insertion hole of the driving member to operatively couple the pull bar and the driving member together for movement in unison with each other. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The horizontally-triggerable inflation connector according to claim 1, wherein the casing forms an air supply device connection port in communication with the outside, two inflation connection ports in communication with the outside, an inflation channel formed inside the casing and communicating with the air supply device connection port and the inflation connection ports, the air supply device connection port being adapted to connect an air supply device, one of the inflation connection ports being adapted to receive a Schrader valve to fit therein, the other one of the inflation connection ports being adapted to receive a Presta valve to fit therein. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The horizontally-triggerable inflation connector according to claim 11, wherein the packing unit comprises a first seat member, a second seat member jointed to the first seat member, a switching member movably positioned between the first and second seat members, and two packing rings respectively connected to bottoms of the first and second seat members, whereby when the pull bar is at the released position, the packing rings of the packing unit are in a released condition and when the pull bar is at the secured position, the packing rings of the packing unit are in a compressed condition. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The horizontally-triggerable inflation connector according to claim 12, wherein when a Schrader valve is fit into one of the inflation connection ports of the casing, the switching member is forced by air pressure to move toward the second seat member so that air is only allowed to flow through the first seat member into the Schrader valve and when a Presta valve is fit into another one of the inflation connection ports of the casing, the switching member is forced by air pressure to move toward the first seat member so that air is only allowed to flow through the second seat member into the Presta valve. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The horizontally-triggerable inflation connector according to claim 12 further comprising two nozzle units that are respectively mounted to bottoms of the first seat member and the second seat member of the packing unit.