B29D 2030/0044
Handling tyre beads
Official title: {Handling tyre beads, e.g., storing, transporting, transferring and supplying to the toroidal support or to the drum}
B29D2030/0044 (Handling tyre beads) appears on 66 US grants and 56 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29D- Granted patents
- 66
- Published applications
- 56
- Assignees
- 30
- Inventors
- 161
- Latest grant
- 17 Mar 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Gripper and method for gripping a tire bead ring17 Mar 2026US 12,576,604 B2Vmi Holland B .V.
- Bead separator, bead supply station and a method for separating a single bead from a bead supply unit holding a plurality of beads22 Jul 2025US 12,365,156 B2Vmi Holland B .V.
- Spacer gripper, bead-apex storage system and method for handling a plurality of stacks with bead-apexes and spacers20 May 2025US 12,304,165 B2Vmi Holland B .V.
- Gripper, gripper station and method for gripping an annular tire component18 Feb 2025US 12,226,970 B2Vmi Holland B .V.
- Method for manufacturing pneumatic tire14 Jan 2025US 12,194,703 B2Toyo Tire Corporation
- Gripper and method for gripping a tire bead ring21 Aug 2025US 2025/0262829 A1Vmi Holland B .V.
- Bead separator, bead supply station and a method for separating a single bead from a bead supply unit holding a plurality of beads10 Apr 2025US 2025/0115017 A1Vmi Holland B .V.
- Control method and control system for tire forming machine, and readable storage medium6 Feb 2025US 2025/0042114 A1Mesnac Co., Ltd.
- Gripper for gripping a spacer, handling assembly comprising said gripper, method for transferring a spacer from a first station to a second station and spacer positioning unit9 Jan 2025US 2025/0011107 A1Vmi Holland B .V.
- Bead-apex stitching device, bead-apex station and method for stitching an apex to a bead2 Jan 2025US 2025/0001715 A1Vmi Holland B .V.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Apparatuses for applying elastomeric fillers to tire bead-cores21US 4,354,892 ASocieta' Pneumatici Pirelli S.p.A. · 1982
- Ring dispenser18US 4,995,531 ABridgestone/Firestone, Inc. · 1991
- Method and apparatus for forming an apex filler and/or applying an apex filler to a bead ring sub-assembly15US 5,203,938 AHeico Aluminum Products, Inc. · 1993
- Bead supply apparatus14US 4,369,086 ASumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. · 1983
- Assembling method for forming bead assembly for automobile tires14US 5,080,738 AToyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. · 1992