Wheel unit of a vehicle and a valve assembly for a wheel unit

US12311704B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. · US
• KT Projektentwicklungs GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Andreas HAERING · Owingen, DE
• Bruno SCHULZE SELTING · Rielasingen-Worblingen, DE
• Erwin Braun · Ingolstadt, DE
• Martin SPINDLER · Herdwangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 15, 2022
• Grant date: May 27, 2025
• Expiry date: Sep 1, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60C23/00327
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A wheel unit of a vehicle having a rim on which a tire is mounted, and having a hub which can rotate about an axis of rotation (T), wherein the hub includes a hub body in which a control element that is mounted such that it is displaceable relative to the hub body in the direction of the axis of rotation (T) between a first position and a second position is accommodated. A fluid channel which fluidically connects the tire to a first space formed between the control element and the hub body is configured in the rim. In the first position of the control element, a fluidic connection between the first space and a second space formed between the control element and the rim is interrupted, whereas, in the second position of the control element, a fluidic connection between the first space and the second space is established.