Pneumatic tire

摘要

A pneumatic tire having a toroidal tire cavity (20) for containing pressurized air and an elongate integral air passageway (238) contained within a flexible tire component is disclosed. The air passageway (238) extends between an air inlet cavity (132) and an air outlet cavity (134) in the flexible tire component and also for at least a partial circumferential path around the tire (12). The tire (12) further comprises a metallic connector assembly (136) within the air outlet cavity (134), the connector assembly (136) including a through-channel for conducting air flow communication between the air passageway (238) within the flexible tire component and a chamber of the metallic connector assembly (136).