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F16H 3/08

exclusively or essentially with continuously meshing gears, that can be disengaged from their shafts

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: exclusively or essentially with continuously- meshing gears, that can be disengaged from their shafts

CPC: exclusively or essentially with continuously meshing gears, that can be disengaged from their shafts

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion > without gears having orbital motion > exclusively or essentially with continuously- meshing gears, that can be disengaged from their shafts

CPC:

Toothed gearings for conveying rotary motion with variable gear ratio or for reversing rotary motion (speed-changing or reversing mechanisms F16H59/00 - F16H63/00) > without gears having orbital motion > exclusively or essentially with continuously meshing gears, that can be disengaged from their shafts

CPC subdivides this area 2x more granularly than IPC with 7 additional codes.

7 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 7 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

1 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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  • F16H 2003/0803 2nd only CPC only CPC only
  • F16H 2003/0807 2nd only CPC only CPC only
  • F16H 2003/0811 2nd only CPC only CPC only
  • F16H 2003/0815 2nd only CPC only CPC only
  • F16H 2003/0818 2nd only CPC only CPC only
  • F16H 2003/0822 2nd only CPC only CPC only
  • F16H 2003/0826 2nd only CPC only CPC only
  • F16H 3/083 with radially acting and axially controlled clutching members, e.g. sliding keys since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • F16H 3/085 with more than one output shaft since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
  • F16H 3/10 with one or more one-way clutches as an essential feature 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