ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,709, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Airdown Inc. (Beverly Hills, Fla.).
"Central tire inflation system" was invented by Bradley Dunst (Christmas, Fla.) and Mark Oostdyk (Cocoa, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A central tire inflation system configured to maintain an air pressure on a first and second tire mounted to a wheel of a vehicle including a wheel assembly configured to be operably coupled to the wheel and including (1) a housing in fluid communication with an external air supply, (2) two check valves carried by the housing and in fluid communication with the air supply, (3) two tire air connectors carried by the housing...