Patent ID: 8757218

Claim:
A tire inflation system for inflating a tire mounted on a rim, said inflation system comprising: a tire inflation apparatus having an inflation head, a pressurized gas source, and a controller, said inflation head being positioned at a tire and wheel assembly inflation location at which a tire and wheel assembly is received to inflate said tire and wheel assembly, said tire and wheel assembly including a tire pressure monitoring (TPM) valve stem with said TPM valve stem detecting and transmitting inflation pressure data of said tire and wheel assembly; said inflation head defining a tire inflation cavity and adapted to form a seal with the tire of said tire and wheel assembly when the tire of said tire and wheel assembly contacts said inflation head with said tire inflation cavity including an outlet through which pressurized gas is delivered from said pressurized gas source for inflation of said tire and wheel assembly; said controller operatively receiving inflation pressure data of said tire and wheel assembly from said TPM valve stem and controlling operation of said tire inflation apparatus in response thereto; wherein said controller operatively adjusts the delivery of the pressurized gas by said tire inflation apparatus in response to inflation pressure data of said tire and wheel assembly received from said TPM valve stem, and wherein said controller receives inflation pressure data of said tire and wheel assembly from said TPM valve stem after said tire and wheel assembly has been inflated, with said controller adjusting the delivery of the pressurized gas by said tire inflation apparatus to a subsequent tire and wheel assembly positioned at said tire and wheel assembly inflation location.