Patent ID: 8985171
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: B60C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector system and tire assembly comprising: a tire carcass; an elongate integral air passageway contained within a flexible tire component, the flexible tire component being within the tire carcass, the air passageway extending between an air inlet cavity and an air outlet cavity in the flexible tire component, the air passageway extending at least a partial circumferential path around the tire carcass; a connector assembly within at least one of the inlet and outlet cavities, the connector assembly including a hollow dome-shaped nut body, a central chamber within the nut body opening to an outward body side; and a through-channel extending through the nut body operative to conduct air flow communication between the integral air passageway within the flexible tire component and the central chamber of the nut body.