US 12,311,704 B2
Wheel unit of a vehicle and a valve assembly for a wheel unit
Andreas Haering, Owingen (DE); Bruno Schulze Selting, Rielasingen-Worblingen (DE); Erwin Braun, Owingen (DE); and Martin Spindler, Herdwangen-Schönach (DE)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US); and KT Projektentwicklungs GmbH, Heilbronn (DE)
Filed by ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US); and KT PROJEKTENTWICKLUNGS GMBH, Heilbronn (DE)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/865,618.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 118 898.9 (DE), filed on Jul. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0026449 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B60C 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 23/00318 (2020.05) [B60C 23/00354 (2020.05); B60C 23/00363 (2020.05); B60C 23/00327 (2020.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wheel unit of a vehicle having a rim on which a tire that is or can be inflated with a fluid is or can be mounted, and having a hub that can rotate about an axis of rotation (T) and to which the rim is or can be connected, wherein the hub comprises:
a hub body in which a control element is mounted such that it is displaceable relative to the hub body in a direction of the axis of rotation (T) between a first position and a second position, wherein at least one fluid channel fluidically connects the tire to a first space formed between the control element and the hub body configured in or on the rim, wherein, in the first position of the control element, a fluidic connection between the first space and a second space formed between the control element and a wheel flange of the rim, is interrupted, and wherein, in the second position of the control element, a fluidic connection between the first space and the second space is established,
wherein the control element is at least partially or regionally sleeve-shaped and is configured to at least partially or regionally accommodate a valve assembly for the tire.