B06 GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL
Description
Class B06 encompasses devices and methods for generating, transmitting, and controlling mechanical vibrations across a broad spectrum of industrial and scientific applications. This includes vibrating motors, oscillators, shakers, and vibratory feeders used in material handling, compaction, and processing operations. The classification covers both the fundamental mechanisms for producing vibrations (such as electromagnetic or mechanical exciters) and systems designed to transmit those vibrations to workpieces or bulk materials for specific technical purposes, excluding applications where vibrations are merely an incidental byproduct of another primary process.
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 1 subcodes exist in both systems.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B06B METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL (for particular applications, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. B07B1/40, B23Q17/12, B24B31/06; measurement of mechanical vibrations G01H; in direction finding, locating, distance or velocity measuring G01S; ; control of mechanical vibrations in general G05D; sound-producing devices, e.g. bells, sirens, whistles G10K, ; generation of electrical oscillations H03B; electromechanical resonators in general H03H; electromechanical transducers H04R) heading +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 377
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 249
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION JP 202
- BUTTERFLY NETWORK US 191
- CANON JP 154
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 152
- NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION 130
- KT & G CORPORATION KR 116
- FLODESIGN SONICS US 114
- OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 110
Top Applicants (CPC)
2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NL 459
- MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 341
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 318
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION JP 281
- BUTTERFLY NETWORK US 279
- CANON JP 237
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 216
- OLYMPUS CORPORATION JP 175
- FUJIFILM JP 166
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 163