Wheel beadlock design
AssigneeWheel Pros, LLC
InventorDaniel I. Ricehouse
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Abstract
An improved clamping mechanism to secure a tire between a bead ring and a wheel utilizing a bolt is provided. The bolt has a ball seat that pivots within an enlarged pilot hole in the bead ring as the bolt threads engage in threaded section of the wheel, pulling the bead ring toward the wheel. As the bead ring is tightened upon the wheel, eventually the bead ring contacts a fulcrum on the wheel, at which point the outer edge of the bead ring is leveraged against the tire bead bundle and pressing down the tire bead to lock it in place against the wheel. As the bead ring can pivot within the enlarged pilot hole around the bolt, the bolt is not stressed. Further, the wheel comprising a safety bead and non-skid coating on the inner wall of the wheel to prevent the wheel sliding around the wheel.
Claims20
A combination for attaching a tire to a wheel, comprising:
- a wheel, where the wheel has a threaded section,
- a bead ring, where the bead ring has a bead ring seat and an elongated pilot hole, and
- a bolt, where the bolt has a head, a ball seat, a thread and bolt pilot, where the ball seat mates with the bead ring seat and the elongated pilot hole in the bead ring is elongated greater than the diameter of the thread of the bolt allowing the bead ring to pivot several degrees on either side of the bolt as the bolt's thread engage the wheel's thread section,
- wherein the wheel additionally comprises a safety bead on a barrel of the wheel close to an inner rim flange of the wheel.
A composition for attaching a tire to a wheel, comprising;
- a wheel, where the wheel has a threaded section,
- a bead ring, where the bead ring has a bead ring seat and an enlarged pilot hole,
- a bolt, where the bolt has a head, a bolt ball seat, a thread and a bolt pilot, where the ball seat mates with the bead ring seat and the enlarged pilot hole in the bead ring is enlarged greater than the diameter of the thread of the bolt allowing the bead ring to pivot several degrees on either side of the bolt as the bolt's thread engage the wheel's thread section, and
- a tire, where the tire has a tire bead and a tire bead bundle,
- where the ball seat nestles in the bead ring seat and the enlarged pilot hole in the bead ring, and, firstly, the thread of the bolt engages the threaded section, the head is rotated to further pull the bead ring toward the wheel, where the tire bead and the tire bead bundle extend into a gap between the wheel and the bead ring, where, secondly, as the head is further rotated, the tire bead is compressed between the bead ring and the wheel, where eventually the wheel contacts the bead ring at a fulcrum, where the enlarged pilot hole allows the bead ring to pivot around the bolt as an angle between the bead ring and the wheel changes, where, thirdly, after a pivot point is reached, further tightening of the head causes the bead ring and the wheel to further compress the tire bead through leverage, where, fourthly, the bead ring and the wheel put more pressure on tire bead compressors on either side of the tire bead bundle, such that the tire is effectively sealed within a gap between the tire bead and the wheel, wherein the tire bead compressors are on above and below the tire bead bundle, which will eventually be compressed between the wheel and the bead ring for sealing the tire bead bundle, where the tire bead compressors are parts of the tire which put pressure against the tire bead bundle during attachment of the tire to the wheel.
A composition for attaching a tire to a wheel, comprising a wheel, a bead ring, a washer, a bolt and a tire, where the bolt has a head, a ball seat, a thread and bolt pilot where the washer has a washer seat attached to the bead ring to pivotally secure the bead ring over the tire against the wheel, wherein the wheel additionally comprises a safety bead on a barrel of the wheel close to an inner rim flange of the wheel, and where the ball seat mates with the washer seat of the washer and a pilot hole in the bead ring is enlarged greater than the diameter of the thread of the bolt allowing the bead ring to pivot several degrees on either side of the bolt as the bolt's thread engage the wheel's thread section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.