Patent ID: 9221308
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: B60B,B60C

Abstract:
1. A central tire inflation system for maintaining tire inflation on a vehicle, the central tire inflation system comprising: an axle plug shaped to cooperatively engage a hollow axle of the vehicle, the axle plug having a bore; a flexible torque transfer shaft having an upstream end including an air fitting positionable inside the axle and shaped to cooperatively engage the bore of the axle plug to prevent rotation therebetween and a downstream end opposite the upstream end, the flexible torque transfer shaft comprising an air conduit extending from the upstream end to the downstream end and an overmolding; a rotary air union assembly comprising a stationary shaft and a housing rotatably coupled to the stationary shaft, wherein the flexible torque transfer shaft overmolding couples the flexible torque transfer shaft and the stationary shaft; and a fluid flow path contained in the housing of the rotary air union assembly and in fluid communication with the air conduit.