COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS

Description

F02 covers internal combustion engines and external combustion systems that generate mechanical power from fuel combustion or hot gases. This includes reciprocating piston engines (spark-ignition and compression-ignition), rotary engines, gas turbines, and steam plants powered by combustion heat. The class encompasses engine design, fuel systems, ignition/injection mechanisms, cooling and lubrication systems, and exhaust treatment technologies, but excludes prime movers driven by non-combustion sources such as electric motors or hydraulic systems.

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 9 subcodes exist in both systems.

7 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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F02B INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (gas-turbine plants F02C; hot-gas or combustion-product positive-displacement engine plants F02G) heading +6 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F02C GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS (construction of turbines F01D; jet-propulsion plants F02K; construction of compressors or fans F04; generating combustion products of high pressure or high velocity F23R; using gas turbines in compression refrigeration plants F25B11/00) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F02D CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES (vehicle fittings, acting on a single sub-unit only, for automatically controlling vehicle speed B60K31/00; conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function, road vehicle drive control systems for purposes other than the control of a single sub-unit B60W) heading +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F02F CYLINDERS, PISTONS OR CASINGS, FOR COMBUSTION ENGINES; ARRANGEMENTS OF SEALINGS IN COMBUSTION ENGINES heading +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F02G HOT GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINE PLANTS (steam engine plants, special vapour plants, plants operating on either hot gas or combustion-product gases together with other fluid F01K; gas-turbine plants F02C; jet-propulsion plants F02K); USE OF WASTE HEAT OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR heading +16 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F02K JET-PROPULSION PLANTS (features of jet-propulsion plants common to gas-turbine plants, air intakes or fuel supply control of air-breathing jet-propulsion plants F02C7/00, F02C9/00) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F02M SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF heading +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F02N STARTING OF COMBUSTION ENGINES; STARTING AIDS FOR SUCH ENGINES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR heading +3 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F02P IGNITION, OTHER THAN COMPRESSION IGNITION, FOR INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; TESTING OF IGNITION TIMING IN COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINES (; specially adapted for rotary-piston or oscillating-piston engines F02B53/12; ; ignition of combustion apparatus in general, glowing plugs F23Q; measuring of physical variables in general G01; controlling in general G05; data processing in general G06; electrical components in general see Section H; ; sparking plugs H01T13/00) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC