Threaded side rim or threaded lock ring wheel for use with low-pressure or non-pneumatic tires

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9662936-B2
Application number	US-201213711730-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 12, 2012
Priority date	Dec 12, 2012
Publication date	May 30, 2017
Grant date	May 30, 2017

Abstract

A method of coupling a tire to a wheel is disclosed. A bead of the tire is placed against a side rim that is movable with respect to the wheel base. The side rim is moved along the axis of the wheel base and against the tire bead to couple the tire to the wheel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of coupling a tire to a wheel, comprising:
seating a bead of the tire on a bead seat of a side rim that is movable with respect to a wheel base;
moving the side rim inwardly along a wheel axis of the wheel base against the tire bead to exert a compressive force on the tire bead in order to couple the tire to the wheel base after the bead has been set; and
inserting a lock ring to lock the side ring into a fixed position.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compressive force between the side rim and the tire bead is resistive to at least one of a braking force and an acceleration force during operation of the wheel.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising moving the side rim using a threaded coupling between the side rim and the wheel base.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising placing an O-ring within a recessed portion of the wheel base and the side rim and moving the side rim against the O-ring and a wall of the wheel base to form a seal.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the side rim has a non-circular cross-section.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the tire is one of: a non-pneumatic tire; a low-pressure tire; and a tire that lacks a substantially expansive force for affixing the tire to the wheel.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising securing the side rim at an axial location of the wheel base when the tire is coupled to the wheel.

8. A method of coupling a tire to a wheel, comprising:
seating a bead of the tire at a bead seat of a side rim that is movably coupled to the wheel base using a threaded coupling; and
moving the side rim inwardly along a wheel axis of the wheel base against the bead of the tire after the bead is set to exert a compressive force on the tire bead in order to create a coupling force between the tire bead and the side rim; and
inserting a lock ring to lock the side ring into a fixed position.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising holding the side rim in place using the lock ring.

Assignees

• Slanker Andrew Joseph
• Whittle Scottie Gene
• Goodrich Corp

Inventors

• Slanker Andrew Joseph
• Whittle Scottie Gene

Classifications

• B60B25/08 Primary

  Continuous flange rings; Arrangement of recesses enabling the flange rings to be slipped over the rim body · CPC title

• Y10T29/49494

  Assembling tire to wheel body · CPC title

• B60B25/10 Primary

  Seat rings for the tyre bead part, e.g. split · CPC title

• B60B2900/212

  Damage · CPC title

• B60B25/14

  Locking means for flange rings or seat rings · CPC title