Patent ID: 6533010
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: B60C

Abstract:
An air regulating system to maintain a predetermined air pressure for a tire in a wheel assembly, comprising:A) a compressor assembly with first and second ends, said first end perpendicularly and radially mounted within a wheel assembly, said compressor assembly having a weight therein below a diaphragm, said weight cooperatively shaped to travel within said compressor assembly, said weight biased against said first end by an operating spring, said operating spring fixedly secured beneath said diaphragm to said weight, said compressor assembly being operated by a centrifugal force which causes said weight to move radially outwardly and by said operating spring urging said weight to move radially inward, said compressor assembly further having first regulation means to allow air to flow in or out of said compressor assembly and second regulation means to allow pressurized air to flow between a compression chamber above said diaphragm and said tire; B) a temperature sensor fixedly mounted to said second end, said temperature sensor filled with matter that reacts to fluctuations in temperature causing said temperature sensor to expand or contract proportionately to a change in said temperature; and C) a counterweight secured to said wheel to compensate for a dynamic imbalance when said tire and said wheel assembly is rotated.