G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
Description
G05D covers automatic control and regulation systems for physical variables that are not primarily electrical in nature, such as temperature, pressure, flow rate, liquid level, speed, and mechanical position. These systems employ various sensing, feedback, and actuating mechanisms—including mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and thermal devices—to maintain desired setpoints or respond to process changes. The class encompasses both continuous regulation systems and systems with discrete control logic implemented through non-electrical means. G05D excludes control systems where the controlled variable is inherently electrical (covered by G05B) and excludes the control systems' electrical or electronic components when classified separately.
25 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- G05D 1/00 Control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles, e.g. using automatic pilots (drive control systems specially adapted for autonomous road vehicles B60W60/00)
- G05D 11/00 Control of flow ratio (control of chemical or physico-chemical variables, e.g. pH-value, G05D21/00; control of humidity G05D22/00; control of temperature by varying the mixing ratio of two fluids having different temperatures G05D23/13; control of viscosity G05D24/00)
- G05D 13/00 Control of linear speed; Control of angular speed; Control of acceleration or deceleration, e.g. of a prime mover
- G05D 15/00 Control of mechanical force or stress; Control of mechanical pressure
- G05D 16/00 Control of fluid pressure
- G05D 17/00 Control of torque; Control of mechanical power
- G05D 19/00 Control of mechanical oscillations, e.g. of amplitude, of frequency, of phase
- G05D 21/00 Control of chemical or physico-chemical variables, e.g. pH value
- G05D 2101/00 Details of software or hardware architectures used for the control of position
- G05D 2103/00 Adaptations for complying with regulatory restraints on the operations of the controlled vehicles, e.g. compliance with airspace or traffic regulations
- G05D 2105/00 Specific applications of the controlled vehicles
- G05D 2107/00 Specific environments of the controlled vehicles
- G05D 2109/00 Types of controlled vehicles
- G05D 2111/00 Details of signals used for control of position, course, altitude or attitude of land, water, air or space vehicles
- G05D 22/00 Control of humidity
- G05D 23/00 Control of temperature
- G05D 24/00 Control of viscosity
- G05D 25/00 Control of light, e.g. intensity, colour or phase (optical devices or arrangements using movable or deformable elements for controlling light independent of the light source G02B26/00; devices or arrangements, the optical operation of which is modified by changing the optical properties of the medium of the devices or arrangements for the control of light, circuit arrangements specially adapted therefor, control of light by electro-magnetic waves, electrons or other elementary particles G02F1/00)
- G05D 27/00 Simultaneous control of variables covered by two or more of main groups G05D1/00 - G05D25/00
- G05D 29/00 Simultaneous control of electric and non-electric variables
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class G05, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- FANUC JP 6,367
- SIEMENS DE 5,963
- FANUC 4,535
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 4,201
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 4,010
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 3,802
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 3,143
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,889
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 2,778
- OMRON CORPORATION JP 2,743