B60C 11/1606
Retractable plug
Official title: {retractable plug}
B60C11/1606 (Retractable plug) appears on 47 US grants and 34 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60C- Granted patents
- 47
- Published applications
- 34
- Assignees
- 20
- Inventors
- 69
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 3 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 6 |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 |
| 2016 | 4 | 5 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Studded winter tire21 Jul 2026US 12,686,234 B2Nokian Renkaat Oyj
- Studded tyre having grooves21 Jul 2026US 12,686,236 B2Nokian Renkaat Oyj
- Robot cleaner7 Apr 2026US 12,593,947 B2LG Electronics Inc.
- Tyre14 Jan 2025US 12,194,793 B2Automotive Fusion Limited
- Buoyant vehicle tire device and method21 May 2024US 11,987,078 B1
- Studded winter tire14 Nov 2024US 2024/0375451 A1Nokian Renkaat Oyj
- Studded tyre having grooves14 Nov 2024US 2024/0375454 A1Nokian Renkaat Oyj
- Robot cleaner13 Jul 2023US 2023/0218132 A1LG Electronics Inc.
- Tyre23 Feb 2023US 2023/0059312 A1Automotive Fusion Limited
- Vehicle tires with retractable gripping members10 Nov 2022US 2022/0355623 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Retractable tire stud51US 5,221,379 A1993
- Traction device for vehicle wheels27US 5,810,451 A1998
- Multicelled, tubeless safety tire with air activated snow and ice studs26US 3,942,572 A1976
- Automobile tire having retractable tread studs24US 4,676,289 A1987
- Self-contained anti-skid device for pneumatic tires18US 5,411,070 A1995