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F16F 9/22

with one or more cylinders each having a single working space closed by a piston or plunger

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: with one or more cylinders, each having a single working space closed by a piston or plunger

CPC: with one or more cylinders each having a single working space closed by a piston or plunger

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium > using liquid only; using a fluid of which the nature is immaterial > Devices with one or more members, e.g. pistons, vanes, moving to and fro in chambers and using throttling effect > involving only straight-line movement of the effective parts > with one or more cylinders, each having a single working space closed by a piston or plunger

CPC:

Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers, or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium (F16F5/00 takes precedence; connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B60C29/00; ) > using liquid only; using a fluid of which the nature is immaterial > Devices with one or more members, e.g. pistons, vanes, moving to and fro in chambers and using throttling effect > involving only straight-line movement of the effective parts > with one or more cylinders each having a single working space closed by a piston or plunger

Of 3 combined children, 2 exist in both systems.

1 codes exist only in IPC.

Child Classifications

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  • F16F 9/24 with a single cylinder and a single piston or plunger IPC only IPC only
  • F16F 9/26 with two cylinders in line and with the two pistons or plungers connected together IPC+CPC Available in 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