Patent ID: 8701736

Claim:
An inflation work station for inflating a tire-wheel assembly including a tire mounted to a wheel, comprising: at least one inflation probe including a female portion, and a male portion, wherein the male portion is arrangeable with respect to the female portion in one of a non-mated orientation such that the at least one inflation probe is arranged in an offline orientation, and a mated orientation such that the at least one inflation probe is arranged in an online orientation; and a working device including a controller, at least one movement actuator connected to the controller and the at least one inflation probe, wherein the at least one movement actuator imparts movement to the male portion to result in the online/offline orientation of the at least one inflation probe, at least one valve connected to the controller and the at least one inflation probe, and at least one pressurized fluid source connected to the at least one inflation probe by way of the at least one valve to permit or deny communication of a pressurized fluid of the at least one pressurized fluid source to a cavity formed by the tire-wheel assembly for inflating the tire-wheel assembly.