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Vehicle wheel end assembly with air passage

US4932451A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 26, 1989
Grant dateJun 12, 1990
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Expiry dateJan 26, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16C2326/02
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A wheel end assembly used with a tire pressure management system has a pressurized air passage formed in part by the annular clearance space formed between a drive shaft and a central bore in the tire mounting spindle of the end assembly.

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