B60B 5/00
Wheels, spokes, disc bodies, rims, hubs, wholly or predominantly made of non-metallic
Official title: Wheels, spokes, disc bodies, rims, hubs, wholly or predominantly made of non-metallic material (wheel cover discs B60B7/00; wheels of high resiliency B60B9/00 {; wheel bodies comprising rail-engaging elements characterised by use of non-metallic material B60B17/0003})
B60B5/00 (Wheels, spokes, disc bodies, rims, hubs, wholly or predominantly made of non-metallic) appears on 588 US grants and 626 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60B- Granted patents
- 588
- Published applications
- 626
- Assignees
- 312
- Inventors
- 1,032
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
| 1977 | 6 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1988 | 7 | 0 |
| 1989 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 11 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 8 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 7 | 3 |
| 2002 | 10 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 10 |
| 2004 | 9 | 18 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12 |
| 2006 | 10 | 13 |
| 2007 | 7 | 19 |
| 2008 | 3 | 18 |
| 2009 | 7 | 13 |
| 2010 | 7 | 18 |
| 2011 | 17 | 16 |
| 2012 | 3 | 22 |
| 2013 | 9 | 20 |
| 2014 | 16 | 41 |
| 2015 | 11 | 30 |
| 2016 | 25 | 48 |
| 2017 | 40 | 48 |
| 2018 | 30 | 37 |
| 2019 | 44 | 52 |
| 2020 | 34 | 47 |
| 2021 | 25 | 24 |
| 2022 | 30 | 26 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 |
| 2024 | 24 | 30 |
| 2025 | 19 | 18 |
| 2026 | 6 | 12 |
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.
- Tire band with filaments having a non-circular cross section12 May 2026US 12,623,489 B2Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
- Method for manufacturing a deep aerodynamic bicycle wheel21 Apr 2026US 12,605,960 B1Hed Cycling Products, Inc.
- Mobility systems and methods24 Mar 2026US 12,582,571 B2Altimate Medical, Inc.
- Method of manufacturing a rim, rim, and tool device10 Feb 2026US 12,545,049 B2Dt Swiss Inc.
- Rim for Motor Vehicle16 Jul 2026US 2026/0200263 A1Dr. Ing. h,c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
- Mobility systems and methods25 Jun 2026US 2026/0174617 A1Altimate Medical, Inc.
- Bicycle rim with spoke hole base ring and method for manufacturing the same11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158818 A1Xiamen Carbonking Composites Technology Co., Ltd.
- Bicycle rim with spoke hole base ring and method for manufacturing the same11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158819 A1Xiamen Carbonking Composites Technology Co., Ltd.
- Bicycle rim with spoke hole base ring and method for manufacturing the same11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158820 A1Xiamen Carbonking Composites Technology Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Go-cart vehicle87US 4,896,899 AAction Products Co., Inc. · 1990
- Composite bicycle wheel71US 5,540,485 A1996
- High modulus multifilament spokes and method63US 5,110,190 A1992
- Fiber-reinforced composite wheel construction59US 4,294,490 AMotor Wheel Corporation · 1981
- Carbon bodied bicycle rim55US 5,975,645 ACompositech, Inc. · 1999