US 12,220,886 B2
Tire repair kit and method for inflating and/or sealing a tire
Konstantin Tsiberidis, Untergruppenbach (DE); and Martin Spindler, Herdwangen-Schoenach (DE)
Assigned to KT PROJEKTENTWICKLUNGS-GMBH, Heilbronn (DE)
Appl. No. 18/273,603
Filed by KT PROJEKTENTWICKLUNGS-GMBH, Heilbronn (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 25, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/051553
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/157372, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 28, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102021101463.8 (DE), filed on Jan. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0109261 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B29C 73/16 (2006.01); B60C 23/10 (2006.01); B29L 30/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 73/166 (2013.01) [B60C 23/10 (2013.01); B29L 2030/00 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tire repair kit for at least one of inflating and sealing a tire mounted on a rim of a vehicle wheel, wherein the tire repair kit is configured to be mounted on the vehicle wheel, the tire repair kit comprising:
a cup-shaped or pot-shaped supporting body exchangeably fastenable to the vehicle wheel and exchangeably receivable in a central recess of the vehicle wheel, the supporting body having a flange region; and
a compressor unit including a drive and a compressor portion, wherein the compressor portion has at least one working chamber, wherein the drive and the compressor portion are arranged axially offset with respect to each other, wherein the drive is received inside of the supporting body, and the compressor portion is releasably connected to the flange region and is outside of the supporting body, and wherein, with the supporting body inserted into the central recess of the vehicle wheel, the compressor unit is arranged at least partially within and at least partially outside of the central recess.