B60B 15/00
Wheels or wheel attachments designed for increasing traction
Official title: Wheels or wheel attachments designed for increasing traction (vehicle tyres B60C; non-skid devices temporarily attachable to resilient tyres or resiliently-tyred wheels B60C27/00)
B60B15/00 (Wheels or wheel attachments designed for increasing traction) appears on 282 US grants and 240 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60B- Granted patents
- 282
- Published applications
- 240
- Assignees
- 119
- Inventors
- 470
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1989 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 |
| 2000 | 6 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 |
| 2002 | 6 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 | 6 |
| 2011 | 0 | 5 |
| 2012 | 7 | 11 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9 |
| 2014 | 7 | 19 |
| 2015 | 7 | 14 |
| 2016 | 15 | 18 |
| 2017 | 15 | 14 |
| 2018 | 18 | 17 |
| 2019 | 9 | 13 |
| 2020 | 11 | 21 |
| 2021 | 18 | 17 |
| 2022 | 15 | 23 |
| 2023 | 12 | 9 |
| 2024 | 12 | 6 |
| 2025 | 15 | 5 |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60B 15/02Wheels with spade lugs134
- B60B 15/26Auxiliary wheels or rings with traction-increasing surface attachable to the main wheel84
- B60B 15/18Wheels with ground-engaging plate-like shoes47
- B60B 15/28Wheel-ballasting weights22
- B60B 15/24Tread bands or rings for fairing lugs when travelling on the road7
Recent patents
- Triangle chocky bar for use on compactor wheel wire guards25 Aug 2026US 12,715,239 B2Caterpillar Inc.
- Wheel and leg transformable robot with suspension and autonomous navigation25 Aug 2026US 12,715,240 B2The Texas A&M University System
- Composite powered wheel set, train, wheel-rail system, and train control method28 Apr 2026US 12,611,891 B2Southwest Jiaotong University
- Wheels with controllable suction devices for adhesion on surfaces24 Mar 2026US 12,583,251 B2Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Transformable wheel module13 Jan 2026US 12,522,018 B2Iucf-Hyu (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)
- Irrigation wheel with pivoting foot pads17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273999 A1Unverferth Manufacturing Company, Inc.
- Removable grip device for a motor vehicle wheel17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274000 A1
- Method and apparatus for compressing stacked cells21 May 2026US 2026/0142240 A1Samsung SDI.Co., Ltd.
- Automated storage system comprising a shuttle for transporting storage aids30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116662 A1
- Composition for a vehicle wheel member, and a molded body and wheel balance weight using the same5 Feb 2026US 2026/0035541 A1Flexon, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Adjustable diameter wheel assembly, and methods and vehicles using same158US 6,860,346 B2Regents of the University of Minnesota · 2005
- Traction enhanced wheel apparatus147US 6,099,091 ALetro Products, Inc. · 2000
- Wheel with folding segments82US 8,753,155 B2Draganfly Innovations Inc. · 2014
- Rugged terrain robot46US 7,011,171 B12006
- Compactor tooth38US 6,712,551 B2Caterpillar Inc. · 2004