ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,208, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Aperia Technologies Inc. (Hayward, Calif.).
"System for tire inflation" was invented by Brandon Richardson (Burlingame, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for tire inflation including a drive mechanism defining a rotational axis, including an eccentric mass that offsets a center of mass of the drive mechanism from the rotational axis along a radial vector; a pump arranged radially distal the rotational axis of the drive mechanism, including a chamber defining a chamber lumen, and a reciprocating element arranged at least partially within the chamber lumen and translatable along a pu...