B60C 11/01
Shape of the shoulders between tread and sidewall
Official title: Shape of the shoulders between tread and sidewall, e.g. rounded, stepped or cantilevered
B60C11/01 (Shape of the shoulders between tread and sidewall) appears on 487 US grants and 558 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60C- Granted patents
- 487
- Published applications
- 558
- Assignees
- 78
- Inventors
- 794
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2023 | 37 | 23 |
| 2024 | 27 | 16 |
| 2025 | 19 | 16 |
| 2026 | 10 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Pneumatic tire29 Sep 2026US 12,746,783 B2The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Pneumatic tire with groove22 Sep 2026US 12,741,488 B2Apollo Tyres Ltd
- Tire22 Sep 2026US 12,741,489 B2The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Tire11 Aug 2026US 12,703,207 B2The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Pneumatic tire and vehicle4 Aug 2026US 12,700,229 B2The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Tire23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208539 A1The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Tire9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192602 A1The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Pneumatic tire2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184108 A1Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Pneumatic tire2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184115 A1Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Pneumatic tire11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158829 A1Toyo Tire Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Pneumatic tire for offroad vehicles49US 5,259,429 A1993
- Design pattern for a tire44US 6,253,815 B1Michelin Recherche et Techniques S.A. · 2001
- Tire having sidewall extensions at opposite ends of each tread element40US 6,533,007 B12003
- Pneumatic tire with sidewall projections40US 6,920,906 B2Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC · 2005
- Heavy-duty pneumatic radial tire tread with narrow groove near shoulder39US 4,724,878 AThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. · 1988