BEAD LOCK SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20170087933A1
• Filed: 04/06/2016
• Published: 03/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Patrick Norton
• Original Assignee: Patrick Norton
• Inventors: Norton, Patrick
• Granted Patent: US 9,937,748 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 bead lock system for a scaled vehicle comprising:

a wheel center section being a support for a wheel of the scaled vehicle, the wheel center section including a first number of first threaded holes and a second number of first pass through holes;

a bead lock ring configured to be positioned adjacent to a face of the wheel center section, the bead lock ring including the second number of second threaded holes and the first number of second pass through holes, wherein the first threaded holes are configured to align with the second pass through holes and the first pass through holes are configured to align with the second threaded holes, wherein the first and second threaded holes having a smaller diameter than the first and second pass through holes, wherein the first and second threaded holes have a helical channel and the first and second pass through holes have smooth sidewalls;

coupling mechanisms with a helical shaft being configured to be inserted into the aligned first pass through holes and the second threaded holes or the second pass through holes and the first threaded holes, wherein the helical shaft is configured to interface with the helical channel and not interface with the smooth sidewalls of the pass through holes.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the coupling mechanisms are screws, wherein the same type of screws are configured to be inserted into both the aligned first pass through holes and the second threaded holes and the second pass through holes and the first threaded holes.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein a first portion of a first helical shaft associated with a first coupling mechanism is interfaced with a first threaded hole, and a second portion of a second helical shaft associated with a second coupling mechanism is interfaced with a second threaded hole.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the first portion of the first coupling mechanism is an upper portion of the helical shaft.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the second portion of the second coupling mechanism is a lower portion of the helical shaft.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the first number and the second number are different numbers.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the wheel center section and the bead lock ring are coupled together responsive to inserting the coupling mechanisms into the aligned first pass through holes and the second threaded holes or the second pass through holes and the first threaded holes.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the second threaded holes and second pass through holes are shorter than the first threaded holes and the first pass through holes.

9. A method for a bead lock system for a scaled vehicle comprising:

aligning a first number of first threaded holes and a second number of first pass through holes within a wheel center section being a support for a wheel of the scaled vehicle with the second number of second threaded holes and the first number of second pass through holes within a bead lock ring, wherein the first and second threaded holes having a smaller diameter than the first and second pass through holes, wherein the first and second threaded holes have a helical channel and the first and second pass through holes have smooth sidewalls;

inserting coupling mechanisms with a helical shaft into the aligned first pass through holes and the second threaded holes or the second pass through holes and the first threaded holes, wherein the helical shaft is configured to interface with the helical channel and not interface with the smooth sidewalls of the pass through holes.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the coupling mechanisms are screws, the method further comprising,

inserting the same type of screws into both the aligned first pass through holes and the second threaded holes and the second pass through holes and the first threaded holes.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

interfacing a first portion of a first helical shaft associated with a first coupling mechanism with a first threaded hole, and

interfacing a second portion of a second helical shaft associated with a second coupling mechanism with a second threaded hole.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first portion of the first coupling mechanism is an upper portion of the helical shaft.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the second portion of the second coupling mechanism is a lower portion of the helical shaft.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the first number and the second number are different numbers.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

coupling the wheel center section and the bead lock ring together responsive to inserting the coupling mechanisms into the aligned first pass through holes and the second threaded holes or the second pass through holes and the first threaded holes.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the second threaded holes and second pass through holes are shorter than the first threaded holes and the first pass through holes.