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F16C 19/32

for supporting the end face of a shaft or other member, e.g. footstep bearings

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement > with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings > for axial load mainly > for supporting the end face of a shaft or other member, e.g. footstep bearings

CPC:

Bearings with rolling contact, for exclusively rotary movement (adjustable bearings F16C23/00, F16C25/00 ) > with bearing rollers essentially of the same size in one or more circular rows, e.g. needle bearings > for axial load mainly > for supporting the end face of a shaft or other member, e.g. footstep bearings

No child classifications to compare. This is a leaf node in both IPC and CPC.

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class F16,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES & COMPANY DE 21,545
  2. ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN DE 9,446
  3. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 7,215
  4. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 6,846
  5. ROBERT BOSCH DE 6,106
  6. NTN CORPORATION 5,305
  7. SKF SE 4,219
  8. KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 3,852
  9. NSK 3,850
  10. HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 3,639

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class F16,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES & COMPANY DE 22,817
  2. ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN DE 10,523
  3. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 7,933
  4. ROBERT BOSCH DE 7,059
  5. KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 4,867
  6. SKF SE 4,729
  7. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 4,111
  8. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 3,838
  9. GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS US 3,575
  10. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 3,499