Bead lock systems and methods

• US 10,112,438 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2018
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Patrick Norton
• Original Assignee: Patrick Norton
• Inventors: Norton, Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): Morano, S. Joseph
• Assistant Examiner(s): Charleston, Jean W
• Application Number:
  US15/903,286
• Publication Number:
  US 20180178582A1
• Time in Patent Office: 249 Days
• Field of Search: 152396, 152398, 152402, 152403, 152404, 152405, 301 64202, 301 64301, 301 64302, 446122, 446123, 446465
• CPC Class Codes: B60B 2310/30 joining
• CPC Class Codes: B60B 2310/305 by screwing
• CPC Class Codes: B60B 2320/10 Assembling; disassembling
• CPC Class Codes: B60B 25/10 Seat rings for the tyre bead part, e.g. split
• CPC Class Codes: B60B 25/20 Arrangement of screws, bolts, or shouldered pins
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2200/81 Toys

Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein describe systems and methods for a bead lock wheel line in scaled vehicles. The bead lock wheel line may include a wheel center section and a bead lock ring. The bead lock ring may be configured to be overlaid on the wheel center section, wherein screws may be inserted through orifices positioned within the bead lock ring and into orifices positioned on the wheel center section.

Claims

1. A locking system comprising:

a bead lock ring including first holes and second holes;

a wheel center section having a third holes and fourth holes, the first holes being configured to align with the third holes, and the second holes being configured to align with the fourth holes, wherein the first holes and the third holes are different types of holes, and the second holes and the fourth holes are different types of holes;

coupling mechanisms being configured to be inserted into the first holes and third holes, and the second holes and fourth holes.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first holes and the fourth holes are threaded, and the second holes and third holes are not threaded.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first holes and the fourth holes have a first size diameter, and the second holes and the third holes have a second size diameter, the first size diameter being smaller than the second size diameter.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein a face of the wheel center section is configured to be positioned adjacent to the bead lock ring.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the face of the wheel center section includes a circumference, a groove, and a radial projection, the groove being positioned between the circumference and the radial projection, and the third holes and the fourth holes being positioned on the radial projection.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein there are a first number of first holes and fourth holes and a second number of third holes and fourth holes.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the first number is less than the second number.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein a first portion of a first coupling mechanism of the coupling mechanisms is configured to interface with the first holes, and a second portion of the first coupling mechanism is configured to be inserted into the third holes without touching sidewalls of the third holes.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the second portion of a second coupling mechanism of the coupling mechanisms is configured to interface with the fourth holes, and the first portion of the second coupling mechanism is configured to be inserted into the second holes without touching sidewalls of the second holes.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the first holes and the second holes are longer than the third holes and the fourth holes.

11. A method utilizing a locking system comprising:

aligning first holes and second holes on a bead lock ring with third holes and fourth holes on a wheel center section;

wherein the first holes and the third holes are different types of holes, and the second holes and the fourth holes are different types of holes;

inserting coupling mechanisms into the first holes and the third holes, and the second holes and the fourth holes.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first holes and the fourth holes are threaded, and the second holes and third holes are not threaded.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the first holes and the fourth holes have a first size diameter, and the second holes and the third holes have a second size diameter, the first size diameter being smaller than the second size diameter.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

positioning a face of the wheel center section adjacent to the bead lock ring.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the face of the wheel center section includes a circumference, a groove, and a radial projection, the groove being positioned between the circumference and the radial projection, and the third holes and the fourth holes being positioned on the radial projection.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein there are a first number of first holes and fourth holes and a second number of third holes and fourth holes.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first number is less than the second number.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

interfacing a first portion of a first coupling mechanism of the coupling mechanisms with the first holes;

inserting a second portion of the first coupling mechanism into the third holes without touching sidewalls of the third holes.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

interfacing the first portion of a second coupling mechanism of the coupling mechanisms with the fourth holes;

inserting a second portion of the second coupling mechanism into the second holes without touching sidewalls of the second holes.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the first holes and the second holes are longer than the third holes and the fourth holes.