Patent ID: 7975739

Claim:
A tire inflation system comprising, a seal formed within an interior of a housing by an interaction of a seal component in contacting adjacency with a non-rotating conduit, the seal component rotates relative to the non-rotating conduit, the housing attached from an exterior of a hub cap to the exterior of a hub cap for rotation with the hub cap relative to the non-rotating conduit, the non-rotating conduit communicating pressurized fluid from a source of pressurized fluid to a tire associated with the hub cap, and wherein the conduit remains non-rotating while the seal component rotates with the housing when the hub cap rotates relative to the non-rotating conduit, and further wherein the non-rotating conduit extends along its entire length in a direction from a point of interaction with the seal component toward a cylindrical bore of a member supporting the hub cap, and in which the hub cap is in non-contacting adjacency with the member and is separate and distinct from the housing, and in which said housing further defining at least one air passageway extending therethrough such that said conduit is in fluid communication with said air passageway in said housing; and an air conduit assembly communicating pressurized fluid from said air passageway in said housing to the tire.