System for inflating vehicle tires
AssigneeAirdown, Inc.
InventorAlfred Robert Tomlinson
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Abstract
A system for inflating vehicle tires including: (1) a valve positionable between an opened and a closed position; (2) a pneumatic pathway having a pressure value and in fluid communication with an outlet of the valve and an input of a pressure switch; (3) a vehicle tire in fluid communication with the pneumatic pathway; and (4) the pressure switch configured to actuate the valve to the opened position when the pressure value of the pneumatic pathway drops below a threshold value; and wherein an inlet of the valve is configured to be in fluid communication with an air tank having a pressure value.
Claims20
A system for inflating vehicle tires comprising:
- a valve positionable between an opened and a closed position;
- a pneumatic pathway having a pressure value and in fluid communication with an outlet of the valve and an input of a pressure switch;
- a vehicle tire in fluid communication with the pneumatic pathway;
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- the pressure switch configured to actuate the valve to the opened position when the pressure value of the pneumatic pathway drops below a threshold value;
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- wherein an inlet of the valve is configured to be in fluid communication with an air tank having a pressure value.
A system for inflating vehicle tires comprising:
- a valve positionable between an opened and a closed position;
- a pneumatic pathway having a pressure value and in fluid communication with an outlet of the valve and an input of a pressure switch;
- a vehicle tire in fluid communication with the pneumatic pathway;
- the pressure switch configured to actuate the valve to the opened position when the pressure value of the pneumatic pathway drops below a threshold value;
- an air tank having a pressure value greater than the threshold value and in fluid communication the an inlet of the valve;
- a power switch;
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- a first led configured to actuate when the power switch is in a closed configuration.
A system for inflating vehicle tires comprising:
- a valve positionable between an opened and a closed position;
- a pneumatic pathway having a pressure value and in fluid communication with an outlet of the valve and an input of a pressure switch;
- a vehicle tire in fluid communication with the pneumatic pathway;
- the pressure switch configured to actuate the valve to the opened position when the pressure value of the pneumatic pathway drops below a threshold value;
- an air tank having a pressure value greater than the threshold value and in fluid communication the an inlet of the valve;
- a power switch;
- a first led configured to actuate when the power switch is in a closed configuration;
- a second led configured to actuate when the pressure switch is activated;
- an engine;
- an air compressor configured to receive power from the engine and having an outlet in fluid communication with the air tank;
- a first one-way check valve positioned between an outlet of the air tank and the inlet of the valve;
- a second one-way check valve positioned between an outlet of the valve and the tire;
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- an air passageway having a ninety-degree bend positioned between the air tank and the inlet of the valve;
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- wherein the threshold value is selectable between 80 and 100 psi;
- wherein the first one-way check valve prevents the flow of air from the inlet of the valve into the air tank;
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- wherein the second one-way check valve prevents the flow of air from the tire into the pneumatic pathway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.