B60B 21/00
Rims
Official title: Rims (non-metallic B60B5/00; of high resiliency B60B9/00; capable of carrying more than one tyre B60B11/04; multiple rims on a single wheel body B60B11/06; of multi-part type B60B25/00; metal tyres B60C)
B60B21/00 (Rims) appears on 1,140 US grants and 1,220 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60B- Granted patents
- 1,140
- Published applications
- 1,220
- Assignees
- 473
- Inventors
- 1,928
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 17 | 0 |
| 1977 | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 | 13 | 0 |
| 1979 | 11 | 0 |
| 1980 | 9 | 0 |
| 1981 | 17 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 10 | 0 |
| 1984 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | 12 | 0 |
| 1986 | 12 | 0 |
| 1987 | 14 | 0 |
| 1988 | 11 | 0 |
| 1989 | 11 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 16 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 29 | 0 |
| 2001 | 29 | 9 |
| 2002 | 46 | 18 |
| 2003 | 30 | 38 |
| 2004 | 32 | 47 |
| 2005 | 21 | 48 |
| 2006 | 27 | 37 |
| 2007 | 16 | 45 |
| 2008 | 26 | 47 |
| 2009 | 14 | 31 |
| 2010 | 13 | 36 |
| 2011 | 27 | 32 |
| 2012 | 17 | 41 |
| 2013 | 10 | 45 |
| 2014 | 33 | 48 |
| 2015 | 27 | 45 |
| 2016 | 46 | 57 |
| 2017 | 47 | 68 |
| 2018 | 49 | 52 |
| 2019 | 39 | 103 |
| 2020 | 59 | 84 |
| 2021 | 32 | 64 |
| 2022 | 60 | 45 |
| 2023 | 54 | 53 |
| 2024 | 42 | 59 |
| 2025 | 41 | 43 |
| 2026 | 18 | 25 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Rim spoke29 Sep 2026US 12,746,777 B2Xiamen Hongjiweiye Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Safety hub against tire burst8 Sep 2026US 12,728,668 B2Shenzhen Antelun Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd
- Wheel and motor vehicle8 Sep 2026US 12,728,669 B2Volvo Car Corporation
- Sound absorbing tool and assembly1 Sep 2026US 12,722,429 B2Bridgestone Corporation
- Vehicle wheel rim, vehicle wheel including such a wheel rim and method for producing such a wheel rim and vehicle wheel25 Aug 2026US 12,715,242 B2Maxion Wheels Holding GmbH
- Rim, wheel and method of forming spoke holes in rim1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296098 A1Bao Chi Fang (Xiamen) Technology Co., Ltd.
- Sidewall-reinforced bicycle rim and method for manufacturing the same17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274001 A1Xiamen Carbonking Composites Technology Co., Ltd.
- Bicycle rim with spoke hole base ring and method for manufacturing the same27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249645 A1Xiamen Carbonking Composites Technology Co., Ltd.
- Bicycle rim structure20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241742 A1Giant Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Bicycle wheel and bicycle tire23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208533 A1Innova Rubber Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Vehicle wheel66US 6,520,595 B12003
- Integrated wheel and electric scooter using the wheel58US 8,292,018 B2Dijiya Energy Saving Technology Inc. · 2012
- Bicycle wheel rim for mounting a bicycle tire without an inner tire body52US 6,502,906 B1Alex Machine Industrial Co., Ltd. · 2003
- Wheel adapter for a mobile lift device50US 10,357,995 B2Oshkosh Corporation · 2019
- Bicycle rim and wheel49US 5,061,013 A1991