B60B 37/00
Wheel-axle combinations
Official title: Wheel-axle combinations, e.g. wheel sets (units comprising multiple wheels arranged side-by-side B60B11/00; rail vehicle axle-boxes B61F)
B60B37/00 (Wheel-axle combinations) appears on 365 US grants and 238 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60B- Granted patents
- 365
- Published applications
- 238
- Assignees
- 230
- Inventors
- 646
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 8 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1992 | 8 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 8 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 2 |
| 2002 | 9 | 6 |
| 2003 | 15 | 8 |
| 2004 | 5 | 13 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 |
| 2007 | 4 | 6 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 |
| 2009 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4 | 8 |
| 2013 | 11 | 19 |
| 2014 | 4 | 14 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7 |
| 2016 | 13 | 15 |
| 2017 | 9 | 12 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10 |
| 2019 | 12 | 16 |
| 2020 | 11 | 11 |
| 2021 | 9 | 11 |
| 2022 | 8 | 13 |
| 2023 | 3 | 15 |
| 2024 | 11 | 8 |
| 2025 | 15 | 6 |
| 2026 | 6 | 7 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60B 37/10The wheels being individually rotatable around the axles254
- B60B 37/04The wheels being rigidly attached to solid axles58
- B60B 37/06The wheels being integral with, or rigidly attached to, hollow axles24
- B60B 37/02The wheels being integral with solid axles3
- B60B 37/12Axles with a fixed ground wheel and a loose wheel1
Recent patents
- Driving force transmission device and rotary mechanism11 Aug 2026US 12,703,201 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Wheel assembly for a soil compactor4 Aug 2026US 12,698,609 B2Hamm AG
- Driving force transmission device and rotary mechanism14 Jul 2026US 12,679,136 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- 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
- Railway axle30 Jul 2026US 2026/0218349 A1Nippon Steel Corporation
- Removable axle locking device11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158821 A1Custom Engineered Wheels, Inc.
- Electric wheelchair and wheel of electric wheelchair23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108402 A1Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
- Spindle-less running gear assembly for vehicles5 Feb 2026US 2026/0034834 A1Timbren Industries, Inc.
- Electro-mechanical wheelset press29 Jan 2026US 2026/0027665 A1Officine Meccaniche B.B.M. S.p.A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Wheeled cooler149US 5,407,218 A1995
- Packaging of smoking articles77US 6,478,149 B1British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited · 2002
- Fasteners75US 4,043,685 AVic-Tree (Mouldings) Limited · 1977
- Wheel construction for vacuum cleaner73US 5,222,786 ARoyal Appliance Mfg. Co. · 1993
- Universally adaptable mobilized storage container59US 6,502,656 B22003