B60B 15/26
Auxiliary wheels or rings with traction-increasing surface attachable to the main wheel
Official title: Auxiliary wheels or rings with traction-increasing surface attachable to the main wheel body
B60B15/26 (Auxiliary wheels or rings with traction-increasing surface attachable to the main wheel) appears on 84 US grants and 63 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60B- Granted patents
- 84
- Published applications
- 63
- Assignees
- 30
- Inventors
- 117
- Latest grant
- 28 Apr 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 4 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 7 |
| 2017 | 5 | 2 |
| 2018 | 4 | 6 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 9 |
| 2021 | 5 | 7 |
| 2022 | 7 | 8 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- 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
- Utility vehicle tyre chain having at least one cleat plate, utility vehicle tyre and cleat plate for a utility vehicle tyre chain16 Sep 2025US 12,415,390 B2Rud Ketten Rieger & Dietz GmbH. U.Co.KG
- Emergency wheel attachment for a vehicle wheel19 Aug 2025US 12,391,066 B2Gv Engineering GmbH
- Bead lock snow chain integration10 Jun 2025US 12,325,266 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Wheels with controllable suction devices for adhesion on surfaces3 Oct 2024US 2024/0326511 A1Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Gauge wheel with tines and circumferential liner9 May 2024US 2024/0147883 A1
- Universal temporary wheel20 Jul 2023US 2023/0226848 A1Guniwheel, LLC
- Composite power wheel pair, train, wheel rail system, and train control method29 Jun 2023US 2023/0202234 A1Southwest Jiaotong University
- Emergency wheel attachment for a vehicle wheel30 Mar 2023US 2023/0098604 A1Gv Engineering GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Traction device for vehicle wheels28US 5,788,335 A1998
- Traction device for vehicle wheels27US 5,810,451 A1998
- Traction device for vehicle wheels25US 6,022,082 ATraction on Demand LLC · 2000
- Dual wheel construction22US 4,030,753 AM & W Gear Company · 1977
- Easily activated and deactivated traction device for vehicles22US 4,906,051 A1990