DIFF Main Group
B60V 1/00 Air-cushion (land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushion B60V3/00)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Air-cushion vehicles
CPC: Air-cushion (land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushion B60V3/00)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Air-cushion vehicles
CPC:
Air-cushion (land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushion B60V3/00)
Additional Content IPC
Land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushions
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 11 subcodes exist in both systems.
2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B60V 1/02 wherein the cushion is generated and contained by at least one peripheral fluid curtain IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60V 1/04 wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60V 1/08 wherein the cushion is created during forward movement of the vehicle by ram effect IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60V 1/10 in which the curtain-forming nozzle or the vehicle base is shaped to create a vortex curtain IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B60V 1/14 Propulsion; Control thereof (B60V1/11 takes precedence) +1 CPC 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