DIFF Main Group
B61G 5/00 Couplings for special purposes not otherwise provided for
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Couplings not otherwise provided for
CPC: Couplings for special purposes not otherwise provided for
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Couplings not otherwise provided for
CPC:
Couplings for special purposes not otherwise provided for
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 3 subcodes exist in both systems.
2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B61G 5/02 for coupling articulated trains, locomotives and tenders or the bogies of a vehicle; Coupling by means of a single coupling bar; Couplings preventing or limiting relative lateral movement of vehicles IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B61G 5/04 for matching couplings of different types, i.e. transitional couplings IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B61G 5/06 for, or combined with, couplings or connectors for fluid conduits or electric cables IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B61,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SIEMENS MOBILITY DE 2,749
- CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG COMPANY 2,215
- SIEMENS DE 1,941
- ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES FR 1,514
- BYD COMPANY 1,371
- CRRC CHANGCHUN RAILWAY VEHICLES COMPANY 1,205
- CRRC ZHUZHOU LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY 1,165
- CRRC TANGSHAN COMPANY 1,119
- BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION DE 1,001
- SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY 958
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B61,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SIEMENS MOBILITY DE 2,967
- SIEMENS DE 2,133
- ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES FR 1,691
- CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG COMPANY 1,100
- BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION DE 1,085
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 880
- BYD COMPANY 821
- KRRI KR 761
- HITACHI JP 752
- CRRC ZHUZHOU LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY 721