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G05G 5/08

Interlocking of members, e.g. locking member in a particular position before or during the movement of another member

Introduced: September 1968

Title

Titles differ between systems:

IPC: Interlocking of members, e.g. locking a member in a particular position before or during the movement of another member

CPC: Interlocking of members, e.g. locking member in a particular position before or during the movement of another member

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Means for preventing, limiting or returning the movements of parts of a control mechanism, e.g. locking controlling member > for holding members in one or a limited number of definite positions only > Interlocking of members, e.g. locking a member in a particular position before or during the movement of another member

CPC:

Means for preventing, limiting or returning the movements of parts of a control mechanism, e.g. locking controlling member (G05G17/00 takes precedence) > for holding members in one or a limited number of definite positions only (, G05G5/03, G05G5/05, G05G5/28 take precedence) > Interlocking of members, e.g. locking member in a particular position before or during the movement of another member

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

Top Applicants

Top Applicants (IPC)

Class G05,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. SIEMENS DE 4,725
  2. SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 4,571
  3. FANUC JP 4,233
  4. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 3,143
  5. FANUC 2,981
  6. ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,813
  7. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 2,500
  8. LG ELECTRONICS KR 2,182
  9. OMRON CORPORATION JP 2,036
  10. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 1,981

Top Applicants (CPC)

Class G05,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. FANUC JP 6,367
  2. SIEMENS DE 5,963
  3. FANUC 4,535
  4. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 4,201
  5. ROBERT BOSCH DE 4,010
  6. LG ELECTRONICS KR 3,802
  7. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 3,143
  8. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,889
  9. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 2,778
  10. OMRON CORPORATION JP 2,743