B60B 21/102
The shape of bead seats
Official title: {the shape of bead seats}
B60B21/102 (The shape of bead seats) appears on 80 US grants and 101 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60B- Granted patents
- 80
- Published applications
- 101
- Assignees
- 69
- Inventors
- 181
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Rim for vehicle wheel21 Apr 2026US 12,605,963 B2Titan Italia S.P.A.
- Racing wheel17 Feb 2026US 12,552,198 B2Lb Davis Enterprises, LLC
- Process for manufacturing tubeless vehicle wheel made from a single piece input material10 Jun 2025US 12,325,059 B2
- Vehicle tire bead retention systems, devices, and methods28 Jan 2025US 12,208,642 B2Icon Vehicle Dynamics LLC
- Wheel rim structure for motor-vehicles14 Jan 2025US 12,194,778 B2Trelleborg Wheel Systems Italia S.P.A.
- Split bead seat protector16 Apr 2026US 2026/0103022 A1
- Wheel rim28 Aug 2025US 2025/0269687 A1Fratelli Industries Ltd.
- Wheel rim having reinforcement structure7 Aug 2025US 2025/0249706 A1Hsin Chuan Ind. Co., Ltd.
- Racing wheel13 Jun 2024US 2024/0190173 A1LB Davis Enterprises, LLC d/b/a Race Star Wheels
- Composite wheel with bead hump having tire lock geometry29 Feb 2024US 2024/0066917 A1Vision Composite Products, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Tire having beads of specified structure and assembly of rim and bearing support with same23US 5,971,047 ACompagnie Generale des Etablissements Michelin - Michelin & Cie · 1999
- Run-flat tire and rim assemblies for ATV16US 5,186,772 ASumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. · 1993
- Rim intended to receive a support ring16US 6,415,839 B1Michelin Recherche et Technique S. A. · 2002
- Pneumatic tire and pneumatic tire-rim assembly12US 6,494,543 B1The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. · 2002
- Wheel, rim and tire11US 8,826,953 B2Artic Investments S.A. · 2014