SELF-INFLATING TIRE ASSEMBLY

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tire assembly in which a self-inflating function is included.

SOLUTION: The tire assembly includes a tire body and an air tube body 46 extending between an outward surface and an inward surface of the tire body. The air tube body 46 has an enclosed hollow outlet end 54 at a first end and an enclosed hollow inlet end 52 at an opposite second end. An air passageway extends through the air tube body 46 from the inlet end 52 to the outlet end 54. The outlet end 54 is exposed from the outward surface of the tire body and the inlet end 52 is exposed from the inward surface of the tire body. The air tube body 46 is integrally formed of resilient flexible material composition and includes a hollow outer casing and hollow air cables positioned within the casing for regulating the rate of air flow from the inlet end 52 to the outlet end 54.

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