CPC Main Group
B61D 7/00 Hopper cars (flat bottomed cars convertible into hoppers B61D3/06)
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B61D 7/02 with discharge openings in the bottoms (with body in two halves and discharge by tipping the halves B61D9/00)
- B61D 7/06 with openings capable of discharging both between and outside the wheels
- B61D 7/08 with openings capable of discharging only outside the wheels
- B61D 7/12 the hoppers being movable (B61D9/00 takes precedence)
- B61D 7/14 Adaptations of hopper elements to railways
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B61, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SIEMENS MOBILITY DE 2,967
- SIEMENS DE 2,133
- ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES FR 1,691
- CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG COMPANY 1,100
- BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION DE 1,085
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 880
- BYD COMPANY 821
- KRRI KR 761
- HITACHI JP 752
- CRRC ZHUZHOU LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY 721