CPC Main Group
B21K 1/00 Making machine elements
16 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B21K 1/02 balls, rolls, or rollers, e.g. for bearings
- B21K 1/04 ball-races
- B21K 1/05 cages for bearings
- B21K 1/06 axles or shafts
- B21K 1/14 fittings
- B21K 1/18 pistons or plungers
- B21K 1/20 valve parts
- B21K 1/26 housings or supporting parts, e.g. axle housings, engine mountings
- B21K 1/28 wheels; discs
- B21K 1/44 bolts, studs, or the like (making screw-thread B21K1/56; making U-bolts B21K1/74)
- B21K 1/56 screw-threaded elements
- B21K 1/58 rivets
- B21K 1/64 nuts (making screw-thread B21K1/56)
- B21K 1/72 hooks, e.g. crane hooks, railway track spikes (making nails in general B21G)
- B21K 1/74 forked members or members with two or more limbs, e.g. U-bolts, anchors
- B21K 1/76 elements not mentioned in one of the preceding groups
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B21, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- JFE STEEL JP 2,667
- NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION JP 2,049
- POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) KR 1,967
- NSSMC (NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL) JP 1,800
- SMS GROUP DE 1,538
- JFE STEEL 1,150
- ARCELORMITTAL LU 1,142
- BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL COMPANY 821
- HYUNDAI STEEL COMPANY KR 808
- THYSSENKRUPP STEEL EUROPE DE 660