Pumps having fluid drive

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members > having plate-like flexible members, e.g. diaphragms > Pumps having fluid drive

CPC:

Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members (pumps or pumping installations specially adapted for elastic fluids F04B45/00) > having plate-like flexible members, e.g. diaphragms (F04B43/14 takes precedence) > Pumps having fluid drive

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 2 subcodes exist in both systems.

IPC defines codes here since 1995.

Child Classifications

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F04B 43/067 the fluid being actuated directly by a piston since 1995 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F04B 43/073 the actuating fluid being controlled by at least one valve since 1995 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class F04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 5,351
LG ELECTRONICS KR 3,502
ROBERT BOSCH DE 3,011
MIDEA 2,258
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 1,663
ZHUHAI LANDA COMPRESSOR COMPANY 1,639
GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC.OF ZHUHAI 1,573
ZHUHAI GREE ENERGY-SAVING REFRIGERATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER COMPANY 1,536
TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION 1,347
DAIKIN INDUSTRIES 1,325

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class F04,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

LG ELECTRONICS KR 3,855
ROBERT BOSCH DE 3,549
GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 2,273
GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 2,126
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 1,881
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 1,866
SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES FR 1,499
MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES JP 1,258
TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION JP 1,247
ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER BE 1,168