CPC Main Group
B60V 1/00 Air-cushion (land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushion B60V3/00)
11 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B60V 1/02 wherein the cushion is generated and contained by at least one peripheral fluid curtain
- B60V 1/04 wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls
- B60V 1/06 wherein the cushion is formed within plenum chamber
- B60V 1/08 wherein the cushion is created during forward movement of the vehicle by ram effect
- B60V 1/10 in which the curtain-forming nozzle or the vehicle base is shaped to create a vortex curtain
- B60V 1/11 Stability or attitude control
- B60V 1/14 Propulsion; Control thereof (B60V1/11 takes precedence)
- B60V 1/16 Flexible skirts
- B60V 1/18 Body structure
- B60V 1/20 Spray deflectors
- B60V 1/22 provided with hydrofoils (hydrofoils per se B63B1/24)
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B60, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 31,729
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 29,270
- KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 23,892
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 20,384
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 20,311
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 20,237
- BMW (BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE) DE 14,629
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS US 11,896
- AUDI DE 11,084
- HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 10,940