B60B 17/00
Wheels characterised by rail-engaging elements
Official title: Wheels characterised by rail-engaging elements ({wheel-axle combinations B60B37/00;} of model railways A63H19/22)
B60B17/00 (Wheels characterised by rail-engaging elements) appears on 219 US grants and 170 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60B- Granted patents
- 219
- Published applications
- 170
- Assignees
- 139
- Inventors
- 522
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 2023 | 6 | 17 |
| 2024 | 16 | 9 |
| 2025 | 12 | 3 |
| 2026 | 6 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60B 17/0006Construction of wheel bodies92
- B60B 17/0065Flange details47
- B60B 17/0027Resilient wheels37
- B60B 17/0055Wheels characterised by rail-engaging elements: with non-elastic tyres28
- B60B 17/0082Wheels designed to interact with a particular rail profile24
- B60B 17/0003Wheel bodies characterised by use of non-metallic material14
- B60B 17/02Wheels characterised by rail-engaging elements: with elastic tyres14
- B60B 17/0079The flange having a guide wheel4
Recent patents
- Railway wheel, and wheelset for railway vehicles22 Sep 2026US 12,741,483 B2Nippon Steel Corporation
- Wheel arrangement for a rail vehicle2 Jun 2026US 12,643,580 B2Bombardier Transportation GmbH
- Composite powered wheel set, train, wheel-rail system, and train control method28 Apr 2026US 12,611,891 B2Southwest Jiaotong University
- Wheel arrangement for a rail vehicle14 Apr 2026US 12,600,388 B2Bombardier Transportation GmbH
- Backing ring assembly for railway axles10 Feb 2026US 12,545,301 B2Aktiebolaget Skf
- Magnetic levitation train rescue wheel device and magnetic levitation train20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241965 A1Crrc Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd.
- Wheel26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054521 A1Nippon Steel Corporation
- Monoblock Wheel with High Thermal Performance for Rail Vehicles12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042315 A1Bochumer Verein Verkehrstechnik GmbH
- Electro-mechanical wheelset press29 Jan 2026US 2026/0027665 A1Officine Meccaniche B.B.M. S.p.A.
- Multi-Part Rail Wheel and Wheel Set for a Rail Vehicle, in Particular a Low-Floor Rail Vehicle1 Jan 2026US 2026/0001372 A1Bochumer Verein Verkehrstechnik GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Self-cooling trolley49US 8,601,951 B22013
- Wheelchair28US 4,324,414 AAtlantic Richfield Company · 1982
- Impact reducing idler wheel for a track-driven machine27US 6,012,784 ACaterpillar Inc. · 2000
- Self steering railway axles and wheels on track curvatures25US 4,026,217 AParsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas, Inc. · 1977
- Damping ring for rotating assemblies21US 4,254,985 AThe Soundcoat Company, Inc. · 1981