B29D 30/08
Building tyres
B29D30/08 (Building tyres) appears on 1,714 US grants and 1,550 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29D- Granted patents
- 1,714
- Published applications
- 1,550
- Assignees
- 241
- Inventors
- 2,092
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 39 | 0 |
| 1977 | 38 | 0 |
| 1978 | 39 | 0 |
| 1979 | 26 | 0 |
| 1980 | 35 | 0 |
| 1981 | 40 | 0 |
| 1982 | 22 | 0 |
| 1983 | 18 | 0 |
| 1984 | 33 | 0 |
| 1985 | 14 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 27 | 0 |
| 1989 | 35 | 0 |
| 1990 | 30 | 0 |
| 1991 | 30 | 0 |
| 1992 | 27 | 0 |
| 1993 | 44 | 0 |
| 1994 | 26 | 0 |
| 1995 | 33 | 0 |
| 1996 | 19 | 0 |
| 1997 | 19 | 0 |
| 1998 | 21 | 0 |
| 1999 | 23 | 0 |
| 2000 | 28 | 0 |
| 2001 | 17 | 20 |
| 2002 | 38 | 43 |
| 2003 | 30 | 40 |
| 2004 | 37 | 39 |
| 2005 | 31 | 60 |
| 2006 | 29 | 68 |
| 2007 | 20 | 66 |
| 2008 | 30 | 57 |
| 2009 | 21 | 92 |
| 2010 | 39 | 82 |
| 2011 | 36 | 59 |
| 2012 | 37 | 60 |
| 2013 | 40 | 97 |
| 2014 | 39 | 66 |
| 2015 | 47 | 90 |
| 2016 | 51 | 98 |
| 2017 | 41 | 97 |
| 2018 | 53 | 59 |
| 2019 | 83 | 66 |
| 2020 | 57 | 69 |
| 2021 | 69 | 59 |
| 2022 | 37 | 48 |
| 2023 | 41 | 33 |
| 2024 | 43 | 45 |
| 2025 | 30 | 20 |
| 2026 | 22 | 17 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B29D 30/20By the flat-tyre method, i.e. building on cylindrical drums1,340
- B29D 30/10On round cores, i.e. the shape of the core is approximately identical391
- B29D 2030/086Building the tyre carcass by combining two or more sub-assembliesIndexing code28
- B29D 30/34By jointly covering two bead-rings, located parallel to each other at a28
- B29D 2030/088By using a seamless tubular componentIndexing code20
- B29D 2030/082Optimizing the deposition of the layers on the tyre building supportIndexing code18
- B29D 2030/084Placing two side portions of the tyre into the mould and introducingIndexing code12
Recent patents
- Applicator unit, tire building device and method for applying a strip to a drum22 Sep 2026US 12,741,393 B2Vmi Holland B .V.
- Follow-up control method and system for forming machine22 Sep 2026US 12,741,434 B2Mesnac Co., Ltd.
- Tire building drum and method for turning-up a tire component15 Sep 2026US 12,734,776 B2Vmi Holland B .V.
- Working station for deposition of elementary semifinished products for building green tyres1 Sep 2026US 12,722,350 B2Pirelli Tyre S. P. A.
- Manufacturing method and forming device for tire25 Aug 2026US 12,715,190 B2The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Solid tire and method for manufacturing same24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285088 A1Aichi Tire Industry Co., Ltd.
- Applicator unit, tire building device and method for applying a continuous strip to a drum24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285633 A1Vmi Holland B .V.
- Turn-up method and turn-up mechanism10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264353 A1Mesnac Co., Ltd.
- Method for producing a pneumatic tyre13 Aug 2026US 2026/0233480 A1Continental Reifen Deutschland GmbH
- Apparatus for arranging elongated elements to be used in a process for building tyres for vehicle wheels6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225335 A1Pirelli Tyre S. P. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hot tire forming method54US 4,877,468 AThe Firestone Tire & Rubber Company · 1989
- Method for manufacturing an assembly of a belt, a band, and a tread rubber50US 5,032,198 ASumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. · 1991
- Method and apparatus of manufacturing a tire by the laying of rubber products onto a firm support48US 4,963,207 ACompagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin · 1990
- Tire for vehicle wheels42US 6,318,432 B1Pirelli Pneumatici S.p.A. · 2001
- Tire building drum37US 4,131,500 AAvon Tyres Limited · 1978