B60C 15/06
Flipper strips, fillers, or chafing strips and reinforcing layers for the construction
Official title: Flipper strips, fillers, or chafing strips {and reinforcing layers for the construction of the bead}
B60C15/06 (Flipper strips, fillers, or chafing strips and reinforcing layers for the construction) appears on 936 US grants and 1,052 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60C- Granted patents
- 936
- Published applications
- 1,052
- Assignees
- 128
- Inventors
- 1,687
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 8 | 0 |
| 1977 | 7 | 0 |
| 1978 | 7 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 7 | 0 |
| 1981 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 10 | 0 |
| 1988 | 15 | 0 |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 15 | 0 |
| 1991 | 11 | 0 |
| 1992 | 15 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 11 | 0 |
| 1995 | 13 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1998 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 21 | 0 |
| 2000 | 25 | 0 |
| 2001 | 28 | 20 |
| 2002 | 36 | 35 |
| 2003 | 35 | 42 |
| 2004 | 28 | 25 |
| 2005 | 23 | 37 |
| 2006 | 29 | 34 |
| 2007 | 13 | 39 |
| 2008 | 14 | 25 |
| 2009 | 26 | 41 |
| 2010 | 14 | 42 |
| 2011 | 17 | 24 |
| 2012 | 20 | 47 |
| 2013 | 21 | 41 |
| 2014 | 23 | 31 |
| 2015 | 28 | 54 |
| 2016 | 26 | 56 |
| 2017 | 19 | 54 |
| 2018 | 40 | 40 |
| 2019 | 26 | 51 |
| 2020 | 37 | 70 |
| 2021 | 20 | 57 |
| 2022 | 45 | 68 |
| 2023 | 33 | 52 |
| 2024 | 24 | 23 |
| 2025 | 33 | 23 |
| 2026 | 13 | 21 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60C 15/0603Characterised by features of the bead filler or apex402
- B60C 2015/0614Characterised by features of the chafer or clinch portion, i.e. the partIndexing code245
- B60C 15/0628Comprising a bead reinforcing layer163
- B60C 2015/0617Comprising a cushion rubber other than the chafer or clinch rubberIndexing code157
- B60C 2015/0696Asymmetric bead reinforcementIndexing code6
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- Aircraft tire carcass reinforcements17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274012 A1Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
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Most cited
By later US patents
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- Radial ply pneumatic tire79US 5,368,082 AThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company · 1994
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- Pneumatic radial tires with rubber filler composed of three rubber stocks63US 5,876,527 ABridgestone Corporation · 1999