B29D 30/0601
Vulcanising tyres
Official title: {Vulcanising tyres; Vulcanising presses for tyres}
B29D30/0601 (Vulcanising tyres) appears on 1,666 US grants and 1,423 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29D- Granted patents
- 1,666
- Published applications
- 1,423
- Assignees
- 341
- Inventors
- 2,444
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 43 | 0 |
| 1977 | 33 | 0 |
| 1978 | 28 | 0 |
| 1979 | 25 | 0 |
| 1980 | 17 | 0 |
| 1981 | 24 | 0 |
| 1982 | 13 | 0 |
| 1983 | 20 | 0 |
| 1984 | 21 | 0 |
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| 1986 | 29 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 23 | 0 |
| 1993 | 29 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 23 | 0 |
| 1998 | 34 | 0 |
| 1999 | 22 | 0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
| 2001 | 30 | 5 |
| 2002 | 34 | 28 |
| 2003 | 29 | 25 |
| 2004 | 32 | 39 |
| 2005 | 22 | 37 |
| 2006 | 24 | 42 |
| 2007 | 24 | 50 |
| 2008 | 32 | 46 |
| 2009 | 27 | 69 |
| 2010 | 32 | 51 |
| 2011 | 37 | 64 |
| 2012 | 53 | 54 |
| 2013 | 34 | 51 |
| 2014 | 42 | 58 |
| 2015 | 51 | 75 |
| 2016 | 51 | 97 |
| 2017 | 47 | 94 |
| 2018 | 51 | 86 |
| 2019 | 92 | 85 |
| 2020 | 80 | 84 |
| 2021 | 64 | 59 |
| 2022 | 42 | 55 |
| 2023 | 32 | 52 |
| 2024 | 49 | 50 |
| 2025 | 54 | 23 |
| 2026 | 22 | 44 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B29D 30/0606Vulcanising moulds not integral with vulcanising presses747
- B29D 30/0662Accessories, details or auxiliary operations446
- B29D 30/0633After-treatment specially adapted for vulcanising tyres194
- B29D 30/0654Flexible cores therefor137
- B29D 30/0603Loading or unloading the presses133
- B29D 30/0645Devices for inserting vulcanising cores, i.e. bladders, into the tyres82
- B29D 30/0661Rigid cores therefor69
- B29D 30/065Tyre-vulcanising presses with two or more moulds54
Recent patents
- Groove beneath sipe8 Sep 2026US 12,728,673 B2Apollo Tyres Global R&D B. V.
- Tire tread with a bottom groove and a reinforcing structure with angles8 Sep 2026US 12,728,674 B2The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
- Tire curing mold having a sealing element4 Aug 2026US 12,697,794 B2Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
- Methods for retreading tires28 Jul 2026US 12,691,651 B2Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
- Flexible mold segment with sipe element having a projection for use in forming a tire23 Jun 2026US 12,661,858 B2Compagnie General Des Etablissements Michelin
- Tire curing press and method for producing tires8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307351 A1Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH
- Tire heating press and method for producing tires8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307352 A1Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH
- Tire tread with a bottom groove and a reinforcing structure with angles8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307435 A1The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
- Device for quickly replacing vulcanizer pci chuck24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284994 A1ARP Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd
- Column-and-tie-rod-type tire vulcanization machine electric center mechanism3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257440 A1ARP Technologies (Suzhou) Co., Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Mold for tire vulcanization and manufacturing method thereof70US 5,866,171 ABridgestone Corporation · 1999
- Mold for the molding and vulcanizing of a rubber tire65US 4,895,692 ACompagnie Generale Des Establissements Michelin · 1990
- Tire mold having a plurality of blocks defining a matrix with venting gaps between the blocks63US 5,234,326 APirelli Coordinamento Pneumatici S.p.A. · 1993
- Tread including recessed channel and recessed incision and mold for tread56US 6,408,910 B1Compagnie Generale des Establishments Michelin-Michelin Cie · 2002
- Automatic transport system for green tires between forming and vulcanizing processes49US 4,773,810 ABridgestone Corporation · 1988