US 12,090,798 B2
Control device and method for variable tire pressure
Seong Su Shin, Whasung-Si (KR); Jang Won Hong, Whasung-Si (KR); and Se Hoon Jung, Whasung-Si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Compnay, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/729,666.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0130137 (KR), filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0099037 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. B60C 23/00 (2006.01); B60B 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60C 23/002 (2013.01) [B60B 21/02 (2013.01); B60C 23/004 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control apparatus for varying tire pressure, the control apparatus comprising:
a bimetal replacing a rim portion of a wheel coupled to a tire and configured to change the tire pressure by deforming when an electric current is applied to the bimetal; and
a controller configured to control the electric current applied to the bimetal by use of information of an input unit electrically connected to the controller.