F16M FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
Description
F16M covers structural components and support systems for machinery that lack specific classification elsewhere in the IPC. This subclass includes frames, casings, beds, stands, and support structures for engines, machines, and apparatus that function as general mechanical supports rather than specialized elements tied to particular equipment types. Applications encompass vibration damping mounts, machine foundations, structural frames for various industrial equipment, and modular support systems. This classification excludes components specific to particular machine types (e.g., engine blocks for specific engines) or those covered by more specialized sections.
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F16M 1/00 Frames or casings of engines, machines or apparatus; Frames serving as machinery beds
- F16M 11/00 Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon (without heads F16M13/00; easels or stands for blackboards or the like A47B97/04; show-stands A47F7/00; for workmen E04G1/32; supporting or suspending for lighting devices F21V21/00)
- F16M 13/00 Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles (heads thereof F16M11/02 ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 ); Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles
- F16M 2200/00 Details of stands or supports
- F16M 3/00 Portable or wheeled frames or beds, e.g. for emergency power-supply aggregates, compressor sets (construction of vehicles in general B60 - B62)
- F16M 5/00 Engine beds, i.e. means for supporting engines or machines on foundations
- F16M 7/00 Details of attaching or adjusting engine beds, frames, or supporting-legs on foundation or base; Attaching non-moving engine parts, e.g. cylinder blocks (elastic or equivalent mounting for absorbing vibrations F16F, especially F16F15/04)
- F16M 9/00 Special layout of foundations with respect to machinery to be supported (foundations for machinery E02D27/44)
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