Patent ID: 8047247

Claim:
A tire valve ( 10 ), comprising: a valve body ( 11 ) which penetrates a bore ( 21 ) in a rim ( 20 ), the valve body having a lower valve body portion ( 13 ) disposed on one side ( 23 ) of the rim ( 20 ) in the mounted state as well as an upper valve body portion ( 15 ) protruding from the rim bore ( 21 ), the valve body being configured so as to cooperate with a cap nut ( 17 ) in the region of the upper valve body portion ( 15 ), the lower valve body portion ( 13 ) forming a stop collar ( 19 ) which defines an abutment for a flat edge portion ( 27 ) of the rim bore ( 21 ) and defines a first broadening which broadens the lower valve body portion ( 13 ) relative to the upper valve body portion ( 15 ) beyond an internal width of the rim bore ( 21 ), and against which the edge portion ( 27 ) can be braced by tightening the cap nut ( 17 ), wherein the stop collar ( 19 ) is formed in the form of a stepped shoulder, the lower valve body portion ( 13 ) having a further broadening ( 3 ) following the stop collar ( 19 ) toward the one side ( 23 ) for holding a ring seal ( 1 ), and wherein the stepped shoulder of the stop collar has, in a sectional view, a rectangular shape.