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B61C 15/02

by auxiliary driving wheels; by temporary coupling or use of fly wheels or booster engines

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: by auxiliary driving wheels; by temporary coupling or use of flywheels or booster engines

CPC: by auxiliary driving wheels; by temporary coupling or use of fly wheels or booster engines

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Maintaining or augmenting the starting or braking power by auxiliary devices and measures; Preventing wheel slippage; Controlling distribution of tractive effort between driving wheels > by auxiliary driving wheels; by temporary coupling or use of flywheels or booster engines

CPC:

Maintaining or augmenting the starting or braking power by auxiliary devices and measures; Preventing wheel slippage; Controlling distribution of tractive effort between driving wheels (propelling locomotives or motor railcars by special means B61C11/00; driving wheels with non-slipping devices B60B; brakes B61H; wetting or lubricating rails B61K) > by auxiliary driving wheels; by temporary coupling or use of fly wheels or booster engines

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Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class B61,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SIEMENS MOBILITY DE 2,749
  2. CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG COMPANY 2,215
  3. SIEMENS DE 1,941
  4. ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES FR 1,514
  5. BYD COMPANY 1,371
  6. CRRC CHANGCHUN RAILWAY VEHICLES COMPANY 1,205
  7. CRRC ZHUZHOU LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY 1,165
  8. CRRC TANGSHAN COMPANY 1,119
  9. BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION DE 1,001
  10. SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY 958

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B61,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SIEMENS MOBILITY DE 2,967
  2. SIEMENS DE 2,133
  3. ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES FR 1,691
  4. CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG COMPANY 1,100
  5. BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION DE 1,085
  6. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 880
  7. BYD COMPANY 821
  8. KRRI KR 761
  9. HITACHI JP 752
  10. CRRC ZHUZHOU LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY 721