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F16H 15/04

Gearings providing a continuous range of gear ratios

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio, or for reversing rotary motion, by friction between rotary members > without members having orbital motion > Gearings providing a continuous range of gear ratios

CPC:

Gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio, or for reversing rotary motion, by friction between rotary members (control of change-speed or reversing-gearings conveying rotary motion F16H59/00 - F16H63/00) > without members having orbital motion > Gearings providing a continuous range of gear ratios

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 4 subcodes exist in both systems.

2 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • F16H 15/40 in which two members co-operative by means of balls, or rollers of uniform effective diameter, not mounted on shafts IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • F16H 15/42 in which two members co-operate by means of rings or by means of parts of endless flexible members pressed between the first mentioned members IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • F16H 15/44 in which two members of non-uniform effective diameter directly co-operate with one another 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