DIFF Main Group
F04D 29/00 Details, component parts, or accessories (machine elements in general F16)
Introduced: September 1968
Title
Titles differ between systems:
IPC: Details, component parts, or accessories
CPC: Details, component parts, or accessories (machine elements in general F16)
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Details, component parts, or accessories
CPC:
Details, component parts, or accessories (machine elements in general F16)
Of 15 combined children, 12 exist in both systems.
3 codes are CPC-only extensions.
7 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.
Child Classifications
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- F04D 29/02 Selection of particular materials (for handling specific liquids F04D7/00 ) +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F04D 29/04 Shafts or bearings, or assemblies thereof (specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps F04D29/05) +1 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F04D 29/05 Shafts or bearings, or assemblies thereof, specially adapted for elastic fluid pumps since 2006 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F04D 29/58 Cooling (of machines or engines in general F01P); Heating; Diminishing heat transfer +4 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F04D 29/66 Combating cavitation, whirls, noise, vibration or the like (gas-flow silencers for machines or engines in general F01N); Balancing (surge control F04D27/02) +2 CPC IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F04D 29/70 Suction grids; Strainers; Dust separation; Cleaning +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