DIFF Subgroup
F41A 9/01 Feeding of unbelted ammunition
Introduced: January 1990
Full Title
Full titles differ between systems:
IPC:
Feeding or loading of ammunition; Magazines; Guiding means for the extracting of cartridges > Feeding of unbelted ammunition
CPC:
Feeding or loading of ammunition ( ; adaptations for feeding or loading missiles from magazines in air guns F41B11/50); Magazines; Guiding means for the extracting of cartridges (cartridge extractors or ejectors F41A15/00) > Feeding of unbelted ammunition
IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 5 subcodes exist in both systems.
IPC defines codes here since 1990.
Child Classifications
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- F41A 9/02 using wheel conveyors, e.g. star-wheel-shaped conveyors since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F41A 9/04 using endless-chain belts carrying a plurality of ammunition since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F41A 9/06 using cyclically moving conveyors, i.e. conveyors having ammunition pusher or carrier elements which are emptied or disengaged from the ammunition during the return stroke since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
- F41A 9/24 using a movable magazine or clip as feeding element since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
Top Applicants
Top Applicants (IPC)
Class F41,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- NEXTER SYSTEMS FR 509
- AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 461
- RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION DE 409
- BAE SYSTEMS GB 388
- CHONGQING JIANSHE INDUSTRY (GROUP) COMPANY 352
- AXON ENTERPRISE US 345
- LIG NEX1 COMPANY KR 323
- RAYTHEON COMPANY US 320
- KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN & COMPANY DE 263
- NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 228
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class F41,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- NEXTER SYSTEMS FR 562
- BAE SYSTEMS GB 459
- RHEINMETALL WAFFE MUNITION DE 444
- RAYTHEON COMPANY US 412
- AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT KR 407
- AXON ENTERPRISE US 359
- LIG NEX1 COMPANY KR 290
- KRAUSS-MAFFEI WEGMANN & COMPANY DE 282
- SHELTERED WINGS, INC. D/B/A VORTEX OPTICS US 255
- THALES FR 228