A tire management system for a vehicle having at least two wheels is disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of wheels (18) on each of which a respective air-inflatable tire (22) having a tire cavity (24) is mounted; a bidirectional pump (28) on each o...

An air maintenance tire assembly is disclosed comprising: a tire having a tire cavity bounded by first and second sidewalls extending to a tire tread region; a pressure control assembly attached to an elongate valve stem projecting from a rim, the pressure...

An air maintenance tire assembly is disclosed comprising a tire having a tire cavity bounded by first and second sidewalls extending to a tire tread region and (i) a tire-mounted air pumping means for pumping pressurized air into the tire cavity to maintai...

An air maintenance tire assembly comprising a tire having a tire cavity bounded by first and second sidewalls extending to a tire tread region and a tire-mounted air pumping means for pumping pressurized air or tire-generated pressurized air into the tire ...

An air maintenance tire (12) and a method of assembling an air maintenance tire (12) is disclosed. The tire (12) comprises an elongate groove formed to extend into a flexing region of a tire sidewall (16, 18), the groove having a profiled internal geometry...

An adjustment system for a tire-mounted vehicle and a method of adjusting tire performance in a tire-mounted vehicle is disclosed. The system comprises a vehicle (10) comprising at least one electronic vehicle control system selected form the group consist...

An air pressure inside a tire (16) is positively adjusted in an optimum state. In a wheel assembly (14), a tire (16) is attached to a wheel (18). A pressurizing means is provided in the wheel assembly for pressurizing air inside the tire (16). A depressuri...

A system (150) for monitoring pneumatic tire conditions for one or more tire/wheel assemblies (105) mounted on a vehicle (152), preferably in combination with a tire pressurizing and regulating apparatus (183), comprises a transponder with a transmitting a...

The device has a control device with a compressed air inlet, at least one air outlet and compressed air lines. The control device has a control element for regulating a defined working pressure in the lines after connecting to the tires and a hand-actuated...