F04B 49/00 Control of, or safety measures for, machines, pumps, or pumping installations, not otherwise provided for, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B47/00
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Control of, or safety measures for, machines, pumps, or pumping installations, not otherwise provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups
CPC: Control of, or safety measures for, machines, pumps, or pumping installations, not otherwise provided for, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B47/00
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
Control of, or safety measures for, machines, pumps, or pumping installations, not otherwise provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups
Control of, or safety measures for, machines, pumps, or pumping installations, not otherwise provided for, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B47/00
Of 13 combined children, 10 exist in both systems.
3 codes are CPC-only extensions.
3 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- F04B 49/04 Regulating by means of floats (F04B49/025 takes precedence) IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F04B 49/06 Control using electricity (regulating by means of floats actuating electric switches F04B49/04) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F04B 49/12 by varying the length of stroke of the working members since 1995 +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F04B 49/16 by adjusting the capacity of dead spaces of working chambers since 1995 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F04B 49/18 by changing the effective cross-section of the working surface of the piston since 1995 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F04B 49/22 by means of valves (F04B49/03 takes precedence) since 1995 +1 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