US Patent Issued to ICON VEHICLE DYNAMICS on Jan. 28 for "Vehicle tire bead retention systems, devices, and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,642, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to ICON VEHICLE DYNAMICS LLC (Riverside, Calif.).

"Vehicle tire bead retention systems, devices, and methods" was invented by Caleb Bernard Kerkvliet (Crestline, Calif.) and Dylan Samuel Evans (Corona, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel assembly includes a rim having a primary tire bead retention ridge; a plurality of secondary bead retention members; and a plurality of sealing members. The plurality of secondary bead retention members are removably coupleable to receptacles of the rim such that a portion of each secondary bead retention member extends into a pressurized portion of the ...