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US 12,496,859 · App. 16/914,275 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Tire traction device

Inventor: Peter L. Levy (San Francisco, CA)
B60C27/04B60B15/22
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Patent No.
US 12,496,859
App. No.
16/914,275
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tire traction device for a motor vehicle wheel having a simple radial rod construction coupled to a standard wheel lug bolt via a conical mounting bracket and stabilizing rod set cable coupling.

Claims (24)

1 . A tire traction device for a motor vehicle wheel comprising:

the motor vehicle wheel with a tire and a lug configuration having a hub mounting plate coupled to the wheel with a lug bolt-nut set;

the mounting plate having an inner concentric ring of wheel bolt holes and an outer concentric ring of holes with a transition region from the inner hole ring to the outer concentric hole ring and conically outward from the inner to the outer concentric ring;

the outer ring having an at least 5 hole set for bolt-nut fastener coupling for at least 5 tire rods;

each tire rod coupled to the mounting plate, and outer ring hole set, positioned in the wheel radial plane having a rod length extending to the wheel tire tread;

each tire rod having two ends, a first end having a hole for coupling the mounting plate through an outside ring hole and a second end having a component orthogonal to the wheel radial plane, adjacent and parallel to the tire tread, the rod having a distal end with bent tip extending towards the wheel radial center, and

each orthogonal component having two surfaces parallel to the tire tread, a first surface adjacent to the tire tread and a second surface facing away from the tire and adjacent to a road surface for providing traction to the tire under wheel rotation,

such that an installed mounting plate on the motor vehicle wheel provides a way to increase wheel traction using a single nut per traction rod providing added wheel traction.

2 . The tire traction device for a motor vehicle wheel as in claim 1 further comprising each rod having a rigid loop midway between the rod ends for threading a cable connecting all of the rods under tensioning together, adding stability to the traction device through rod force distribution.

3 . The tire traction device for a motor vehicle wheel as in claim 1 further comprising orthogonal rod components rotationally coupled to the rod for tire radial size adjustment without additional components.

4 . The tire traction device for a motor vehicle wheel as in claim 1 wherein the traction rod material is from a set of materials including plastic, fiber and metal alloy material.

5 . The tire traction device for a motor vehicle wheel as in claim 1 further comprising the rod orthogonal component with distal end bent tip to hold the traction rod in place from a wheel well tire side.

6 . A method for a motor vehicle wheel tire traction device comprising the steps of:

coupling a motor vehicle wheel with a lug configuration hub with a mounting plate coupled to the wheel with a lug bolt-nut set;

providing the mounting plate with an inner concentric ring of wheel bolt holes and an outer concentric ring of holes, the inner and outer rings having a transition region from the inner hole ring to the outer concentric hole ring and conically outward from the inner to the outer concentric ring;

providing the mounting plate outer ring with at least a 5 hole set for bolt-nut fastener coupling for at least 5 tire rods;

coupling each tire rod to the mounting plate, and outer ring hole set, the rods positioned in the wheel radial plane having a rod length extending to the tire tread;

having each tire rod with two ends, a first end coupled to the mounting plate through an outside ring hole for nut-and-bolt fastener and a second end having a component orthogonal to the wheel radial plane, adjacent and parallel to the tire tread, the rod having a distal end with bent tip extending towards the wheel radial center, and

providing each rod with a distal end orthogonal component with two surfaces parallel to the tire tread surface, a first surface adjacent to the tire tread and a second surface facing away from the tire and adjacent a road surface for providing traction to the tire under wheel rotation,

such that an installed mounting plate on the motor vehicle wheel provides a way to increase wheel traction using a single nut per traction rod providing added wheel traction.

7 . The method for a motor vehicle wheel tire traction device as in claim 6 further comprising the steps of providing the rod a rigid loop midway between the rod ends for threading a cable connecting all of the rods under tensioning together, adding stability to the traction device through rod force distribution.

8 . The method for a motor vehicle wheel tire traction device as in claim 6 further comprising the steps of having orthogonal rod components rotationally coupled to the rod for tire radial size adjustment without additional components.

9 . The method for a motor vehicle wheel tire traction device as in claim 6 further comprising the steps of using traction rod material from a set of materials including plastic, fiber, composite and metal alloy material.

10 . The method for a motor vehicle wheel tire traction device as in claim 6 further comprising the steps of providing the rod orthogonal component with distal end bent tip to hold the traction rod in place from a wheel well tire side.

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