ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,919, issued on May 26.
"Tire inflation apparatus" was invented by Kyle David Tauch (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for tire inflation using an apparatus. The apparatus contains a piston in a housing and a bladder attached at an end of the housing. The apparatus is configured to compress air between a cap, the housing, and piston from the bladder compressing. Air enters into the tire through a valve in the piston. When the bladder decompresses, the piston seals air in the tire, thereby enabling air to pass through the valve in the cap. The apparatus involves a method of maintaining air pressure in a tire. ...