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US 12,385,197 · App. 17/671,581 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Tire deflation device

Inventor: Jesse Clement Bunch (Silver Spring, MD)
E01F13/12F41H11/08F42B6/003F42B6/02B60C29/04B60K35/00B60R1/00B60R2300/102B60R2300/105B60R2300/205B60R2300/30B60R2300/301B60R2300/302B60R2300/50
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,385,197
App. No.
17/671,581
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

A pressure-tight container pressure control assembly is configured to adjust internal pressure in a pressure-tight container. The pressure-tight container pressure control assembly has a housing having an attachment end. wherein the attachment end is configured to penetrate a wall of the pressure-tight container. A seal is arranged around the housing and configured to form an airtight seal between the housing and the wall. A pressure controller is arranged in the housing and configured to provide a controlled transfer of a material between the housing and the pressure-tight container through the wall thereby adjusting an internal pressure of the material within the pressure-tight container.

Claims (9)

1. A pressure-tight container pressure control assembly, configured to adjust internal pressure in a pressure-tight container, the pressure-tight container pressure control assembly comprising:

a housing having an attachment end, wherein the attachment end is configured to penetrate a wall of the pressure-tight container;

a seal, arranged around the housing and configured to form an airtight seal between the housing and the wall; and

a pressure controller, arranged in the housing and configured to provide a controlled transfer of a material between the housing and the pressure-tight container through the wall thereby adjusting an internal pressure of the material within the pressure-tight container.

2. The pressure-tight container pressure control assembly of claim 1 , wherein the wall of the pressure-tight container further comprises a surface not originally adapted to receive the attachment end.

3. The pressure-tight container pressure control assembly of claim 1 , wherein the pressure controller further comprises a communication circuit and is configured to be remotely activated.

4. The pressure-tight container pressure control assembly of claim 1 , wherein the pressure controller further comprises a timer such that the pressure controller is programmed with a timer delay that delays operating the pressure controller after puncturing the wall.

5. The pressure-tight container pressure control assembly of claim 4 , wherein the timer delay is at least two seconds.

6. The pressure-tight container pressure control assembly of claim 4 , wherein the timer delay is less than or equal to two hours.

Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 16271614 · Feb 8, 2019
Division 15330973 · Mar 16, 2016
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