DIFF Subgroup
B66C 13/18 Control systems or devices (exclusively for rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms B66D1/40)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Control systems or devices
CPC: Control systems or devices (exclusively for rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms B66D1/40)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Other constructional features or details > Control systems or devices
CPC:
Other constructional features or details > Control systems or devices (exclusively for rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms B66D1/40)
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 6 subcodes exist in both systems.
4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- B66C 13/20 for non-electric drives (transmitting control pulses B66C13/40) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B66C 13/22 for electric drives (transmitting control pulses B66C13/40; systems or devices of general application H02P) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B66C 13/40 Applications of devices for transmitting control pulses; Applications of remote control devices (control in general G05) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B66C 13/46 Position indicators for suspended loads or for crane elements IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B66C 13/48 Automatic control of crane drives for producing a single or repeated working cycle; Program control IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- B66C 13/50 Applications of limit circuits or of limit-switch arrangements (for winding mechanisms B66D1/56) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class B66,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- INVENTIO CH 3,843
- OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY US 3,709
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 2,987
- KONE CORPORATION FI 2,922
- TOSHIBA ELEVATOR COMPANY 2,922
- HITACHI 2,321
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 2,287
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 1,870
- HITACHI BUILDING SYSTEMS COMPANY 1,700
- ANHUI HELI COMPANY 1,325
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class B66,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- INVENTIO CH 3,939
- OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY US 3,810
- KONE CORPORATION FI 3,008
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 2,333
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 1,254
- HITACHI 1,195
- OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY 1,065
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 961
- INVENTIO 828
- CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION US 828