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. 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, eventually leveraging off a fulcrum on either the bead ring or wheel 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.
Claims26
A combination for attaching a tire to a wheel, consisting of:
- a wheel, where the wheel has a threaded section,
- a bead ring, where the bead ring has a bead ring ball seat with an elongated pilot hole for bead ring attachment,
- a fulcrum,
- and a bolt, where the bolt has a head, a bolt ball seat, a thread and a bolt pilot.
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 ball seat with an elongated pilot hole for bead ring attachment,
- a fulcrum,
- and a bolt, where the bolt has a head, a bolt ball seat, a thread and a bolt pilot.
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, 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.
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.
A method of securing a tire bead bundle between a bead ring and a wheel, comprising the steps of, first, obtaining a wheel, where the wheel has a threaded section, a bead ring, where the bead ring has a bead ring ball seat with an elongated pilot hole for bead ring attachment, a fulcrum, and a bolt, where the bolt has a head, a bolt ball seat, a thread and a bolt pilot, second, inserting the tire bead between the wheel and the bead ring, third, inserting the bolt and rotating the bolt such that the thread of the bolt engages the threaded section of the wheel, fourth, rotating the bolt a further amount such that there is an increase clamp load pressure between the bead ring and the wheel, fifth, rotating the bolt an additional amount such the bead ring and the wheel retain the tire bead bundle, where the tire bead bundle is retained between the bead ring and the wheel.
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