Vehicle tire management system including wheel with self-contained tire inflation/deflation apparatus

摘要

A vehicle wheel (18) on which an air-inflatable tire (22) is mounted, comprises an air reservoir (26) and a pump unit (28) for selectively causing air to flow from the tire (22) into the reservoir (26) for deflating the tire (22), and for causing air to flow from the reservoir (26) into the tire (22) for inflating the tire.