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US 2025/0153519 A1Published application
Dynamic tire pressure regulation system
OwnerJohn Travis MOETTELIinventor
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A system and method/apparatus are provided which dynamically and optionally automatically and individually adjust air pressure in the tire or tires of a vehicle. In one purely mechanical embodiment, the system is adapted for use with at least one tire mounted on a rim. The tire has an internal volume inflated with air. The rim is made up of two nested portions adapted such that relative rotation of the nested portions from a neutral position in which tire pressure is at a highest level causes a device in the system to increase the volume inside the tire so as to reduce the tire pressure, thereby increasing grip. The invention adjusts tire pressure quickly and dynamically, depending on braking or acceleration forces acting on the vehicle, and optionally, based on the terrain and the particular road or track conditions to which the vehicle is subjected.
A dynamic tire pressure regulation system adapted for use with at least one tire mounted on a rim, the tire being inflated with air at a tire pressure within a working range, the rim and tire combination confining a volume of air inside the tire, the system characterized in that the system includes a displacement device adapted to, in reaction to at least vehicle acceleration and/or deceleration, essentially instantaneously increase the internal air volume inside the tire so as to essentially instantaneously sufficiently reduce the tire pressure from a higher nominal pressure thereby increasing traction of the tire and so improving safety.
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