B60C 2011/0341
Circumferential grooves
Official title: {Circumferential grooves}
B60C2011/0341 (Circumferential grooves) appears on 1,042 US grants and 1,488 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B60C- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 1,488
- Assignees
- 67
- Inventors
- 1,243
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2026 | 56 | 58 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B60C 2011/0346With zigzag shapeIndexing code399
- B60C 2011/0353Characterised by widthIndexing code315
- B60C 2011/0348Narrow grooves, i.e. having a width of less than 4 mmIndexing code309
- B60C 2011/0355Characterised by depthIndexing code256
- B60C 2011/0344Provided at the equatorial planeIndexing code144
- B60C 2011/0351Shallow grooves, i.e. having a depth of less than 50% of otherIndexing code74
Recent patents
- Pneumatic tire with groove22 Sep 2026US 12,741,488 B2Apollo Tyres Ltd
- Systems and methods for sipe patterns22 Sep 2026US 12,741,490 B2Bridgestone Bandag, LLC
- Tire tread with a bottom groove and a reinforcing structure with angles8 Sep 2026US 12,728,674 B2The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
- Tire1 Sep 2026US 12,722,427 B2The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Tire18 Aug 2026US 12,709,117 B2The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Heavy-duty tire8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307433 A1Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.
- Tire tread with a bottom groove and a reinforcing structure with angles8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307435 A1The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
- Tire1 Oct 2026US 2026/0296111 A1The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
- Tire24 Sep 2026US 2026/0285092 A1Bridgestone Corporation
- Aircraft tire carcass reinforcements17 Sep 2026US 2026/0274012 A1Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin
Most cited
By later US patents
- Truck steer tire tread including circumferential grooves62US 6,142,200 AThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company · 2000
- Tire having good diverse properties52US 5,733,393 AThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company · 1998
- Winter type tire tread47US 5,198,047 AThe Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company · 1993
- Tire tread with spaced central tread narrow grooves34US 5,240,053 AUniroyal Englebert Reifen GmbH · 1993
- Front wheel tire tread for a motorcycle25US 4,606,389 AMetzeler Kautschuk GmbH · 1986