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US 12,325,266 B2Granted
Bead lock snow chain integration
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKeith Weston, Brendan Diamond
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Abstract
A tire chain assembly may include a peripheral chain assembly, a chain positioning assembly, and a retention ring. The peripheral chain assembly may extend around tire treads of a tire having an outer sidewall that extends in a radial direction to be operably coupled to a wheel rim. The chain positioning assembly may extend from the peripheral chain assembly over the outer sidewall toward an outer peripheral edge of the wheel rim. The retention ring may attach the chain positioning assembly to the outer peripheral edge of the wheel rim.
Claims20
A tire chain assembly comprising:
- a peripheral chain assembly that extends around tire treads of a tire having an outer sidewall that extends in a radial direction to be operably coupled to a wheel rim;
- a chain positioning assembly that extends from the peripheral chain assembly over the outer sidewall toward an outer peripheral edge of the wheel rim;
- and
- a retention ring attaching the chain positioning assembly to the outer peripheral edge of the wheel rim,
- wherein the retention ring is a bead lock ring.
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A tire chain assembly comprising:
- a peripheral chain assembly that extends around tire treads of a tire having an outer sidewall that extends in a radial direction to be operably coupled to a wheel rim;
- a chain positioning assembly that extends from the peripheral chain assembly over the outer sidewall toward an outer peripheral edge of the wheel rim;
- and
- a retention ring attaching the chain positioning assembly to the outer peripheral edge of the wheel rim,
- wherein the retention ring is operably coupled to a bead lock ring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.