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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 13/46 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

  1. INVENTIO CH 3,843
  2. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY US 3,709
  3. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 2,987
  4. KONE CORPORATION FI 2,922
  5. TOSHIBA ELEVATOR COMPANY 2,922
  6. HITACHI 2,321
  7. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 2,287
  8. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 1,870
  9. HITACHI BUILDING SYSTEMS COMPANY 1,700
  10. ANHUI HELI COMPANY 1,325

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class B66,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. INVENTIO CH 3,939
  2. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY US 3,810
  3. KONE CORPORATION FI 3,008
  4. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 2,333
  5. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 1,254
  6. HITACHI 1,195
  7. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY 1,065
  8. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 961
  9. INVENTIO 828
  10. CROWN EQUIPMENT CORPORATION US 828