B60B 27/04
Housing driving means
Official title: housing driving means, e.g. sprockets
B60B27/04 (Housing driving means) appears on 302 US grants and 369 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60B- Granted patents
- 302
- Published applications
- 369
- Assignees
- 136
- Inventors
- 396
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 10 | 10 |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 |
| 2004 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 1 | 5 |
| 2006 | 5 | 8 |
| 2007 | 4 | 10 |
| 2008 | 7 | 9 |
| 2009 | 7 | 8 |
| 2010 | 8 | 7 |
| 2011 | 3 | 12 |
| 2012 | 9 | 13 |
| 2013 | 4 | 9 |
| 2014 | 5 | 18 |
| 2015 | 15 | 11 |
| 2016 | 10 | 19 |
| 2017 | 12 | 28 |
| 2018 | 18 | 16 |
| 2019 | 22 | 38 |
| 2020 | 15 | 20 |
| 2021 | 28 | 14 |
| 2022 | 18 | 28 |
| 2023 | 15 | 17 |
| 2024 | 20 | 32 |
| 2025 | 20 | 22 |
| 2026 | 17 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Wheel assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,752,573 B2
- Hub, in particular for bicycles22 Sep 2026US 12,741,485 B2Dt Swiss Inc.
- Wheel and motor vehicle8 Sep 2026US 12,728,669 B2Volvo Car Corporation
- Hub assembly for human powered vehicle1 Sep 2026US 12,722,421 B2Shimano Inc.
- Hub, in particular for bicycles18 Aug 2026US 12,710,076 B2Dt Swiss Inc.
- Bicycle component17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274002 A1Dt Swiss Inc.
- Hub system, method and device with adjustable deadband17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274003 A1The Hive Global, Inc.
- Electromechanical system for the wheel hub of a vehicle3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257515 A1LUPA-Electronics GmbH
- Wheel hub clutch actuation mechanism, wheel end disconnect, and wheel end system27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249647 A1Means Industries, Inc.
- Assembly for use with a clutch16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200315 A1Consolidated Metco, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Rotatable seal assembly for a bicycle hub transmission219US 6,325,386 B1Shimano Inc. · 2001
- Bicycle hub assembly68US 6,382,381 B1Shimano Inc. · 2002
- Systems and methods for selectively rotationally fixing a pedaled drivetrain43US 11,187,285 B2ICON Health & Fitness, Inc. · 2021
- Bicycle hub with spacer and detachable freewheel43US 6,409,281 B1Shimano Inc. · 2002
- Bicycle stunt pegs for grinding36US 6,485,044 B12002