B29D 30/16
Applying the layers
Official title: Applying the layers; Guiding or stretching the layers during application {(applying tread bands to carcasses B29D30/58; retreading B29D30/54)}
B29D30/16 (Applying the layers) appears on 255 US grants and 336 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29D- Granted patents
- 255
- Published applications
- 336
- Assignees
- 56
- Inventors
- 372
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 6 |
| 2002 | 6 | 14 |
| 2003 | 4 | 6 |
| 2004 | 5 | 12 |
| 2005 | 9 | 25 |
| 2006 | 10 | 20 |
| 2007 | 8 | 16 |
| 2008 | 14 | 23 |
| 2009 | 5 | 20 |
| 2010 | 11 | 21 |
| 2011 | 9 | 17 |
| 2012 | 9 | 12 |
| 2013 | 6 | 17 |
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| 2015 | 11 | 14 |
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| 2017 | 11 | 14 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 |
| 2019 | 13 | 6 |
| 2020 | 7 | 14 |
| 2021 | 18 | 15 |
| 2022 | 3 | 10 |
| 2023 | 12 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B29D 2030/1664Details, accessories or auxiliary operations not provided for in the other subgroupsIndexing code114
- B29D 30/1628By feeding a continuous band and winding it helically, i.e. the band63
- B29D 30/1657By feeding cut-to-length pieces in a direction inclined with respect to the50
- B29D 30/1635By feeding a continuous band and moving it back and forth to45
- B29D 30/1621By feeding a continuous band and winding it spirally, i.e. the band36
- B29D 30/165By feeding cut-to-length pieces in a direction parallel to the core axis31
- B29D 30/1607By feeding a sheet perpendicular to the core axis and joining the11
- B29D 30/1614By sliding a preformed tubular layer over the core5
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Recent patents
- Manufacturing method and forming device for tire25 Aug 2026US 12,715,190 B2The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Transfer wheel, transfer device and method for transferring a strip to a tire building drum16 Jun 2026US 12,654,410 B2Vmi Holland B .V.
- Method for manufacturing tire blanks12 May 2026US 12,623,423 B2Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
- Process and apparatus for building tyres for vehicle wheels5 Aug 2025US 12,377,626 B2Pirelli Tyre S. P. A.
- Festooner and method for buffering a strip3 Jun 2025US 12,318,986 B2Vmi Holland B .V.
- Method for manufacturing, on a core, a pneumatic tire with a carcass comprising reinforcements which are inclined in the sidewalls and are radial under the crown26 Mar 2026US 2026/0084389 A1Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
- Servicer, assembly and method for supplying a tire component to a tire building drum5 Jun 2025US 2025/0178300 A1Vmi Holland B .V.
- Process for building tyres for vehicle wheels8 May 2025US 2025/0144902 A1Pirelli Tyre S. P. A.
- Tire and tire production method14 Nov 2024US 2024/0375442 A1Bridgestone Corporation
- Tire, method of manufacturing tire, and raw tire11 Jul 2024US 2024/0227464 A1Bridgestone Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- 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
- Vehicle tire with a particular carcass ply and/or a particular circumferentially inextensible annular structure36US 6,328,084 B1Pirelli Pneumatici S.p.A. · 2001
- Process of manufacturing pneumatic tires and apparatus for carrying out the process29US 4,277,295 APolyair Maschinenbau G.m.b.H. · 1981
- Method of and apparatus for making flotation tire and tire product27US 4,248,287 ABrad Ragan, Inc. · 1981