System for inflating a tire of a wheel, configured to be build inside or onto a hub of a vehicle
AssigneeHubtech Holding B.V.
InventorsGertjan VAN GINDEREN, Eugéne Antoine Adriaan HERBEN
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Abstract
System for inflating a tire of a wheel, configured to be build inside or onto a hub of a vehicle, comprising a stationary section and a rotary section wherein the stationary section comprises a first clutch part, wherein the rotary section comprises a second clutch part, configured to selectively engage the first clutch part; an actuator, a driving unit, a pumping unit, and a housing, for housing at least the pumping unit, wherein the housing and the pumping unit are arranged to move together with movement of a wheel, in particular rotate together with the wheel.
Claims20
1-16. (canceled)
A system for inflating a tire of a wheel, configured to be built inside or onto a wheel hub of a vehicle, comprising:
- a stationary section configured to be connected to a stationary part of the wheel hub;
- and
- a rotary section configured to be connected to a wheel mounting part of the wheel hub;
- wherein the stationary section comprises:
- a first clutch part configured to be attached to the stationary part of the wheel hub;
- wherein the rotary section comprises:
- a second clutch part configured to selectively engage the first clutch part;
- an actuator configured to move the second clutch part between an engaging position and a non-engaging position;
- a driving unit connected to the second clutch part and including a cam shaft;
- a pumping unit positioned radially around the driving unit and including at least one pump element configured to be driven by the cam shaft of the driving unit and pump ambient air, wherein the pumping unit is configured to be attached to an inflatable tire of the wheel, to provide air to the tire;
- and
- a housing, for housing at least the pumping unit, wherein the housing and the pumping unit are configured to rotate together with movement of the wheel;
- wherein, in the non-engaging position, the first and second clutch parts are positioned at a distance, and are mutually rotatable, and wherein in the engaging position the first and second clutch parts are connected and are co-rotatable;
- and
- wherein, in the engaging position, the second clutch part and the driving unit are connected to the stationary section such that upon rotation the driving unit rotates with respect to the pumping unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.