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B60W 30/184

Preventing damage resulting from overload or excessive wear of the driveline

Introduced: January 2012

Full Title

Purposes of road vehicle drive control systems not related to the control of a particular sub-unit, e.g. of systems using conjoint control of vehicle sub-units > Propelling the vehicle > Preventing damage resulting from overload or excessive wear of the driveline

CPC subdivides this area 3x more granularly than IPC with 2 additional codes.

2 codes are CPC-only extensions.

IPC defines codes here since 2012.

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  • B60W 30/1843 CPC only CPC only
  • B60W 30/1846 CPC only CPC only
  • B60W 30/186 excessive wear or burn out of friction elements, e.g. clutches since 2012 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B60,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 28,052
  2. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 27,773
  3. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 26,243
  4. KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 20,110
  5. ROBERT BOSCH DE 19,033
  6. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 17,924
  7. BMW (BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE) DE 14,214
  8. HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 12,527
  9. AUDI DE 10,806
  10. GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS US 10,336

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B60,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 31,729
  2. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 29,270
  3. KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 23,892
  4. ROBERT BOSCH DE 20,384
  5. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 20,311
  6. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 20,237
  7. BMW (BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE) DE 14,629
  8. GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS US 11,896
  9. AUDI DE 11,084
  10. HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 10,940