F04C 2/46 with vanes hinged to the outer member
Full Title
Rotary-piston machines or pumps (with non-parallel axes of co-operating members F04C3/00; with the working-chamber walls at least partly resiliently deformable F04C5/00; with fluid ring or the like F04C7/00; rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids F04C18/00; rotary-piston machines or pumps in which the working-fluid is exclusively displaced by, or exclusively displaces, one or more reciprocating pistons F04B) > having the characteristics covered by two or more groups F04C2/02, F04C2/08, F04C2/22, F04C2/24 or having the characteristics covered by one of these groups together with some other type of movement between co-operating members > having the movement defined in group F04C2/08 or F04C2/22 and having a hinged member > with vanes hinged to the outer member
Filing statistics
CPC F04C 2/46 belongs to the parent subclass F04C, which recorded 51,252 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings declined from 6,720 in 2013 to 3,771 in 2023 (-44%). The most active applicants in class F04 are LG ELECTRONICS (3,855 applications), ROBERT BOSCH (3,549 applications) and GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES (2,273 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F04, 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