B60L 50/00 Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle (with power supply from force of nature, e.g. sun or wind, B60L8/00; for monorail vehicles, suspension vehicles or rack railways B60L13/00)
Introduced: January 2019
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle
CPC: Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle (with power supply from force of nature, e.g. sun or wind, B60L8/00; for monorail vehicles, suspension vehicles or rack railways B60L13/00)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle
Electric propulsion with power supplied within the vehicle (with power supply from force of nature, e.g. sun or wind, B60L8/00; for monorail vehicles, suspension vehicles or rack railways B60L13/00)
Additional Content IPC
Limiting references
Electric propulsion with power supply from forces of nature, e.g. sun or wind Electric propulsion for monorail vehicles, suspension vehicles or rack railways
Application references
Electrically-driven model locomotives
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 6 subcodes exist in both systems.
1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
IPC defines codes here since 2019.
Child Classifications
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- B60L 50/10 using propulsion power supplied by engine-driven generators, e.g. generators driven by combustion engines since 2019 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60L 50/20 using propulsion power generated by humans or animals since 2019 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60L 50/30 using propulsion power stored mechanically, e.g. in fly-wheels since 2019 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60L 50/40 using propulsion power supplied by capacitors since 2019 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60L 50/50 using propulsion power supplied by batteries or fuel cells since 2019 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60L 50/90 using propulsion power supplied by specific means not covered by groups B60L50/10 - B60L50/50, e.g. by direct conversion of thermal nuclear energy into electricity since 2019 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