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B66C 7/16

Devices specially adapted for limiting trolley or crane travel; Arrangements of buffer-stops (buffer-stops of interest apart from this application B61K7/18; limit-switch arrangements, limit circuits B66D1/56)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Devices specially adapted for limiting trolley or crane travel; Arrangements of buffer-stops

CPC: Devices specially adapted for limiting trolley or crane travel; Arrangements of buffer-stops (buffer-stops of interest apart from this application B61K7/18; limit-switch arrangements, limit circuits B66D1/56)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Runways, tracks, or trackways for trolleys or cranes > Devices specially adapted for limiting trolley or crane travel; Arrangements of buffer-stops

CPC:

Runways, tracks or trackways for trolleys or cranes > Devices specially adapted for limiting trolley or crane travel; Arrangements of buffer-stops (buffer-stops of interest apart from this application B61K7/18; limit-switch arrangements, limit circuits B66D1/56)

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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