US Patent Issued to DEERE & Co. on March 24 for "Tire inflation system" (Iowa Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,266, issued on March 24, was assigned to DEERE & COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Tire inflation system" was invented by Nathan B. Kukson (Jesup, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tire inflation system includes a first component rotating relative to a second component, a first passageway between the first and second components, the first passageway connecting a pressure source to a pressure consumer, a first seal in contact with an interface between the first and second components, the first seal maintaining pressurized fluid in the first passageway, a second seal in contact with the interface between the first and second components, th...