CPC Subgroup
F16L 37/12 using hooks, pawls, or other movable or insertable locking members (F16L37/084 takes precedence)
Full Title
Couplings of the quick-acting type ( radially-binding sleeves F16L17/04, F16L21/06; connecting hoses to rigid members F16L33/00) > in which the connection between abutting or axially overlapping ends is maintained by locking members (F16L37/22 - F16L37/26 take precedence) > using hooks, pawls, or other movable or insertable locking members (F16L37/084 takes precedence)
15 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F16L 37/124 using bolts, fixed to a flange, which are able to tilt in slots of another flange, and being maintained there by the tightening of nuts
- F16L 37/127 using hooks hinged about an axis
- F16L 37/133 using flexible hooks
- F16L 37/138 using an axially movable sleeve
- F16L 37/14 Joints secured by inserting between mating surfaces an element, e.g. a piece of wire, a pin, a chain
- F16L 37/16 Joints tightened by the action of wedge-shaped hinged hooks
- F16L 37/18 Joints tightened by eccentrics or rotatable cams
- F16L 37/20 Joints tightened by toggle-action levers
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