Tire inflator of a vehicle
AssigneeHyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
InventorJoon-Chai JUNG
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Abstract
An inflator 300 for pumping compressed air supplied from a compressor 200 provided in a motor vehicle into a tire mounted to the motor vehicle, the inflator may include: an inflator port L6 to which compressed air supplied from the compressor 200 is entered; a control unit 320 provided with a pressure switch 321 which is actuated according to an internal pressure of the inflator port L6; and a supplying unit 310 coupled detachably with the inflator port L6 for pumping compressed air into the tire, wherein the control unit 320 is equipped with an ON/OFF switch 322 transmitting a signal to electronic control unit E according to an operation of the pressure switch 321.
Claims12
A tire inflator mounted to a motor vehicle for pumping compressed air supplied from a compressor provided in the motor vehicle into a tire mounted to the motor vehicle, comprising;
- an inflator port to which compressed air supplied from the compressor is entered;
- a control unit provided with a pressure switch which is actuated according to an internal pressure of the inflator port;
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- a supplying unit coupled detachably with the inflator port for pumping compressed air into the tire,
- wherein the control unit is equipped with an ON/OFF switch transmitting a signal to electronic control unit according to an operation of the pressure switch.
A vehicle comprising:
- a compressor configured to generate compressed air;
- an inflator conduit connected to the compressor;
- an inflator device configured to form a fluid communication between the inflator conduit and a tire of the vehicle so as to supply the compressed air to the tire;
- a pressure detector configured to detect a pressure of the compressed air at the inflator conduit;
- a controller configured to operate the compressor based on the detected pressure so as to maintain the pressure of the compressed air at the inflator conduit greater than a predetermined value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.