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B66C 21/04

with cable-ways supported at one end or both ends on bodily movable framework, e.g. framework mounted on rail track

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: with cable-ways supported at one end or both ends on bodily-movable framework, e.g. framework mounted on rail track

CPC: with cable-ways supported at one end or both ends on bodily movable framework, e.g. framework mounted on rail track

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Cable cranes, i.e. comprising hoisting devices running on aerial cable-ways > with cable-ways supported at one end or both ends on bodily-movable framework, e.g. framework mounted on rail track

CPC:

Cable cranes, i.e. comprising hoisting devices running on aerial cable-ways (rope or cable drives for trolleys, combinations of such drives with hoisting gear B66C11/16; railway systems B61B; rope or cable winding mechanisms B66D1/00) > with cable-ways supported at one end or both ends on bodily movable framework, e.g. framework mounted on rail track

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 1 subcodes exist in both systems.

Child Classifications

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  • B66C 21/06 with one end supported on a framework movable in a curved, e.g. circular, path and the other end by a column rotatable around a vertical axis 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