Patent ID: 8006731

Claim:
An apparatus and system for integration of a CTI valve into a wheel, comprising: a wheel including a circular wheel rim having formed coaxially on opposite ends thereof outwardly flaring circumferential flange sections disposed to be engaged by the beads of a tubeless tire mounted on the rim, said wheel rim having intermediate said opposite ends thereof a transverse wall section extending transversely of the axis of said rim, and having therethrough a central opening disposed coaxially of said axis; a CTI valve including a valve body enclosing internal parts, which valve body is at least partially embedded within said wheel, which CTI valve receives air from an external source and communicates said air to the interior of the tire mounted thereon through an air passageway in said wheel; and wherein said air passageway in said wheel in communication with said CTI valve and the interior of the tire is open on one side so as to form a groove in said wall section, and further comprising a sealing plate covering said groove and sealing said one side of the passageway.