F02C 9/26 Control of fuel supply (F02C9/48 takes precedence; fuel valves F02C7/232)
Full Title
Controlling gas-turbine plants; Controlling fuel supply in air- breathing jet-propulsion plants (controlling air intakes F02C7/057; controlling turbines F01D; controlling compressors F04D27/00; controlling in general G05) > Control of fuel supply (F02C9/48 takes precedence; fuel valves F02C7/232)
Filing statistics
CPC F02C 9/26 belongs to the parent subclass F02C, which recorded 72,456 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 6,952 in 2013 to 5,433 in 2023 (-22%), peaking at 7,765 applications in 2016. The most active applicants in class F02 are ROBERT BOSCH (8,801 applications), FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES (8,171 applications) and GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) (6,957 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
11 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F02C 9/28 Regulating systems responsive to plant or ambient parameters, e.g. temperature, pressure, rotor speed (F02C9/30 - F02C9/38, F02C9/44 take precedence)
- F02C 9/30 characterised by variable fuel pump output
- F02C 9/32 characterised by throttling of fuel (F02C9/38 takes precedence)
- F02C 9/36 characterised by returning of fuel to sump (F02C9/38 takes precedence)
- F02C 9/38 characterised by throttling and returning of fuel to sump
- F02C 9/40 specially adapted to the use of a special fuel or a plurality of fuels
- F02C 9/42 specially adapted for the control of two or more plants simultaneously
- F02C 9/44 responsive to the speed of aircraft, e.g. Mach number control, optimisation of fuel consumption
- F02C 9/46 Emergency fuel control
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F02, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 8,801
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 8,171
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 6,957
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 5,390
- UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 5,250
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 5,214
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 4,149
- DENSO CORPORATION JP 3,400
- KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 3,388
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES FR 3,332