B60K ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS IN VEHICLES
Introduced: September 1968
Description
B60K covers the physical arrangement, mounting, and integration of propulsion systems and auxiliary components within vehicles. This includes positioning and structural support of engines, transmissions, and hybrid/multi-fuel power systems, as well as instrumentation, dashboards, and subsystems for cooling, air intake, exhaust, and fuel delivery. The classification encompasses mechanical engineering solutions for vehicle powertrain layout and vehicle-level integration of propulsion units, but excludes the internal design of engines, transmissions, and fuel systems themselves, which fall under separate classes.
Of 24 combined children, 19 exist in both systems.
5 codes are CPC-only extensions.
Note: 5 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.
9 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B60K 1/00 Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units (B60K7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K6/00) +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60K 11/00 Arrangement in connection with cooling of propulsion units IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60K 13/00 Arrangement in connection with combustion air intake or gas exhaust of propulsion units IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60K 15/00 Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines ; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60K 16/00 Arrangements in connection with power supply of propulsion units in vehicles from forces of nature, e.g. sun or wind (electric propulsion with power supply from forces of nature, e.g. sun or wind, B60L8/00; wind motors specially adapted for installation on vehicles F03D9/32) since 1990 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60K 20/00 Arrangement or mounting of change-speed gearing control devices in vehicles since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60K 23/00 Arrangement or mounting of control devices for vehicle transmissions, or parts thereof, not otherwise provided for +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60K 2310/00 Arrangements, adaptations or methods for cruise controls 2nd only +6 CPC CPC only CPC only
- B60K 2360/00 Indexing scheme associated with groups B60K35/00 or B60K37/00 relating to details of instruments or dashboards 2nd only +35 CPC CPC only CPC only
- B60K 25/00 Auxiliary drives (arrangement of tyre-inflating pumps mounted on vehicles B60C23/10) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60K 26/00 Arrangement or mounting of propulsion-unit control devices in vehicles since 1974 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60K 2700/00 Control mechanisms and elements applying a mechanical movement 2nd only +1 CPC CPC only CPC only
- B60K 2702/00 Control devices wherein the control is combined with or essentially influenced by the engine or coupling, e.g. in an internal combustion engine, the control device is coupled with a carburettor control device or influenced by carburettor depression 2nd only +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
- B60K 2704/00 Control devices, wherein the control is combined with or mainly influenced by the working of the engine or the main coupling, e.g. control device is linked to the carburettor control and is influenced by depression of pedal, for semi-automatic or non-automatic transmission having toothed wheels 2nd only +2 CPC CPC only CPC only
- B60K 28/00 Safety devices for propulsion-unit control, specially adapted for, or arranged in, vehicles, e.g. preventing fuel supply or ignition in the event of potentially dangerous conditions (electric safety devices on electrically-propelled vehicles B60L3/00) since 1974 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60K 3/00 Arrangement or mounting of steam or gaseous-pressure propulsion units (B60K7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K6/00) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60K 31/00 Vehicle fittings, acting on a single sub-unit only, for automatically controlling vehicle speed, i.e. preventing speed from exceeding an arbitrarily established velocity or maintaining speed at a particular velocity, as selected by the vehicle operator +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60K 37/00 Dashboards (as road-vehicle superstructure sub-units B62D25/14) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B60,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 28,052
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 27,773
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 26,243
- KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 20,110
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 19,033
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 17,924
- BMW (BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE) DE 14,214
- HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 12,527
- AUDI DE 10,806
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS US 10,336
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B60,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 31,729
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 29,270
- KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 23,892
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 20,384
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 20,311
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 20,237
- BMW (BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE) DE 14,629
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS US 11,896
- AUDI DE 11,084
- HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 10,940