CPC Class Not Allocatable
F04 POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
Description
Class F04 encompasses positive-displacement pumps and machines that transport or compress liquids and elastic fluids (gases) through mechanical action. This includes reciprocating pumps (piston and diaphragm types), rotary pumps (gear, screw, vane, and lobe pumps), and jet pumps, as well as motors and actuators powered by fluid pressure. The class covers both the machine designs themselves and their functional applications in fluid handling systems, excluding general fluid distribution systems or mere conduit components covered elsewhere in the mechanical engineering hierarchy.
4 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F04B POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (machines for liquids, or pumps, of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F04C; non-positive-displacement pumps F04D; pumping of fluid by direct contact of another fluid or by using inertia of fluid to be pumped F04F)
- F04C ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS (engines F03C); ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
- F04D NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F02M; ion pumps H01J41/12; electrodynamic pumps H02K44/02)
- F04F PUMPING OF FLUID BY DIRECT CONTACT OF ANOTHER FLUID OR BY USING INERTIA OF FLUID TO BE PUMPED ; SIPHONS
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filings, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 3,855
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 3,549
- GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 2,273
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 2,126
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 1,881
- UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 1,866
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES FR 1,499
- MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES JP 1,258
- TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION JP 1,247
- ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER BE 1,168