CPC Main Group
F16L 3/00 Supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing, e.g. hangers, holders, clamps, cleats, clips, brackets (anchors for holding pipes on or under the ground F16L1/06; noise absorbers in the form of specially adapted hangers or supports F16L55/035; arrangements specially adapted for supporting insulated bodies F16L59/12)
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F16L 3/01 for supporting or guiding the pipes, cables or protective tubing, between relatively movable points, e.g. movable channels
- F16L 3/02 partly surrounding the pipes, cables or protective tubing (bands or chains F16L3/14)
- F16L 3/08 substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing
- F16L 3/14 Hangers in the form of bands or chains
- F16L 3/16 with special provision allowing movement of the pipe (F16L3/01 takes precedence; supporting pipes or cables inside other pipes or sleeves F16L7/00)
- F16L 3/22 specially adapted for supporting a number of parallel pipes at intervals
- F16L 3/24 with special member for attachment to profiled girders
- F16L 3/26 specially adapted for supporting the pipes all along their length, e.g. pipe channels or ducts
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F16, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES & COMPANY DE 22,817
- ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN DE 10,523
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 7,933
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 7,059
- KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 4,867
- SKF SE 4,729
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 4,111
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 3,838
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS US 3,575
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 3,499