CPC Subgroup
E02F 3/04 mechanically-driven
Full Title
Dredgers; Soil-shifting machines (for special purposes E02F5/00; other machines or apparatus for mining E21C; tunnelling E21D) > mechanically-driven
11 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- E02F 3/06 with digging screws
- E02F 3/08 with digging elements on an endless chain (conveyors B65G)
- E02F 3/18 with digging wheels turning round an axis
- E02F 3/28 with digging tools mounted on a dipper- or bucket-arm , e.g. dippers, buckets
- E02F 3/46 with reciprocating digging or scraping elements moved by cables or hoisting ropes
- E02F 3/627 Devices to connect beams or arms to tractors or similar self-propelled machines,
- E02F 3/64 Buckets cars, i.e. having scraper bowls
- E02F 3/76 Graders, bulldozers, or the like with scraper plates or ploughshare-like elements (soil-working A01B); Levelling devices
- E02F 3/88 with arrangements acting by a sucking or forcing effect, e.g. suction dredgers (pumps in general F04)
- E02F 3/96 with arrangements for alternate use of different digging elements
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class E02, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- KOMATSU JP 3,939
- CATERPILLAR US 3,490
- HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY COMPANY JP 2,553
- KOMATSU 1,789
- JOHN DEERE US 1,277
- HITACHI CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY COMPANY 1,102
- KOBELCO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY COMPANY JP 1,014
- HOHAI UNIVERSITY 975
- CHINA MCC17 GROUP COMPANY 810
- VOLVO CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT SE 787