Tyre Valve

• US 20100171361A1
• Filed: 07/09/2007
• Published: 07/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique SA (Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin SCA), Wonder Spa, TRW Automotive USLLC (Zeppelin - Stiftung der Stadt Friedrichshafen)
• Original Assignee: Michelin Recherche et Technique SA (Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin SCA), Wonder Spa, TRW Automotive USLLC (Zeppelin - Stiftung der Stadt Friedrichshafen)
• Inventors: Gosi, Matteo, Moynet, Julie, Monjuvent, Jérôme, Botte, Patrick
• Application Number:
  US12/309,269
• Publication Number:
  US 20100171361A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 301/5.240
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 23/0494 Valve stem attachments positioned inside the tyre chamber
• CPC Class Codes: B60C 29/02 Connection to rims

Abstract

Inflation valve (330; 430) configured for use in a tyre (10)—wheel (20)—assembly, the wheel comprising a mounting rim for the tyre provided with a valve hole of diameter DT, the valve comprising: (i) a deformable valve base (335; 435) designed to fix the valve in the said valve hole in a leakproof manner, the valve base being provided with a peripheral groove (36) of diameter DR, DR being larger than DT, and of width E, designed to fit over the edge (21) of the valve hole; (ii) a rigid, rectilinear tube (33) of circular cross-section, a first end of which is configured to remain outside the tyre and a second end of which is provided with means to enable connection with a unit (40) configured to be fitted inside the tyre, the tube passing through the valve base and extending on either side of the valve base, the inflation valve comprising in the part thereof located between a first plane (71) which is perpendicular to the axis of the tube and intersects the said peripheral groove half-way along, and a second plane (72) perpendicular to the tube'"'"'s axis and containing the point(s) of the valve base closest to the said second end of the tube, an annular hollow space (83;84) which separates the tube from the valve base and the volume of which is greater than or equal to

$\frac{\left({\mathrm{DR}}^2-{\mathrm{DT}}^2\right)·E}{8}.$

Claims

1. An inflation valve configured for use in a tyre-wheel-assembly, the wheel comprising a mounting rim for the tyre provided with a valve hole of diameter DT, the valve comprising:

a deformable valve base designed to fix the valve in the said valve hole in a leakproof manner, the valve base being provided with a peripheral groove (36) of diameter DR, DR being larger than DT, and of width E, designed to fit over the edge (21) of the valve hole;

a rigid, rectilinear tube of circular cross-section, a first end of which is configured to remain outside the tyre and a second end of which is provided with means to enable connection with a unit configured to be fitted inside the tyre, the tube passing through the valve base;

wherein, in the part of the valve located between a first plane perpendicular to the axis of the tube and which intersects the said peripheral groove half-way along, and a second plane perpendicular to the axis of the tube and which contains the point(s) of the valve base closest to the said second end of the tube, there is an annular hollow space which separates the tube from the valve base and the volume of which is greater than or equal to;

$\frac{\left({\mathrm{DR}}^2-{\mathrm{DT}}^2\right)·<br><br>\mathrm{\pi <br><br>}·<br><br>E}{8},$

and wherein the tube intersects the said second plane (72).

2. The inflation valve of claim 1, wherein the volume of the said annular hollow space separating the tube from the valve base is smaller than or equal to:

$\frac{\left({\mathrm{DR}}^2-{\mathrm{DT}}^2\right)·<br><br>\mathrm{\pi <br><br>}·<br><br>E}{2}.$

3. The inflation valve of claim 2, wherein the volume of the said annular hollow space separating the tube from the valve base is smaller than or equal to:

$\frac{\left({\mathrm{DR}}^2-{\mathrm{DT}}^2\right)·<br><br>\mathrm{\pi <br><br>}·<br><br>E}{4}.$

4. The inflation valve of claim 1, wherein there is an angle alpha (α

) greater than or equal to 15° and

smaller than or equal to 25°

, such that a cone;

the axis of which coincides with the axis of the tube;

which opens towards the second end of the tube, with an apex angle equal to alpha (α

); and

the apex of which is located on a third plane perpendicular to the axis of the tube and which intersects the tube between the said first end of the tube and the said first plane, the distance between the first plane and the third plane being the same as the distance between the first plane and the second plane does not intersect the valve base.

5. The inflation valve of claim 4, wherein the angle alpha (α

) is smaller than or equal to 20°

.