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B66C 9/00

Travelling gear incorporated in or fitted to trolleys or cranes (; for dredgers E02F)

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Travelling gear incorporated in, or fitted to, trolleys or cranes

CPC: Travelling gear incorporated in or fitted to trolleys or cranes (; for dredgers E02F)

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Travelling gear incorporated in, or fitted to, trolleys or cranes

CPC:

Travelling gear incorporated in or fitted to trolleys or cranes (; for dredgers E02F)

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 8 subcodes exist in both systems.

2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • B66C 9/02 for underhung trolleys or cranes IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B66C 9/04 to facilitate negotiation of curves IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B66C 9/06 for more than one rail gauge IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B66C 9/08 Runners; Runner bearings (wheels for railbound vehicles B60B) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B66C 9/14 Trolley or crane travel drives (rope, cable, or chain drives for loads or trolleys B66C11/16; control B66C13/18) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B66C 9/16 with means for maintaining alignment between wheels and track IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • B66C 9/18 with means for locking trolleys or cranes to runways or tracks to prevent inadvertent movements 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