B60C 11/0332
By the footprint-ground contacting area of the tyre tread
Official title: {by the footprint-ground contacting area of the tyre tread}
B60C11/0332 (By the footprint-ground contacting area of the tyre tread) appears on 225 US grants and 303 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60C- Granted patents
- 225
- Published applications
- 303
- Assignees
- 33
- Inventors
- 450
- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 13 | 14 |
| 2025 | 9 | 7 |
| 2026 | 3 | 13 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Pneumatic tire42US 5,105,864 AThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. · 1992
- Method and system for monitoring the tire footprints of a motor vehicle, particularly for automatically optimizing the behavior of the motor vehicle39US 5,247,831 AFioravanti S.r.l. · 1993
- Low aspect ratio truck tire27US 5,616,195 AThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company · 1997
- Runflat tire with different modulus or elongation carcass cords27US 5,871,600 AThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company · 1999
- Truck tire and tread for steer axles25US 5,660,652 AThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company · 1997