DIFF Subgroup
G05G 9/053 the controlling member comprising a ball
Introduced: January 1990
Full Title
Manually-actuated control mechanisms provided with one single controlling member co-operating with two or more controlled members, e.g. selectively, simultaneously > the controlling member being movable in different independent ways, movement in each individual way actuating one controlled member only > in which movement in two or more ways can occur simultaneously > the controlling member being movable by hand about orthogonal axes, e.g. joysticks > the controlling member comprising a ball
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
- SIEMENS DE 4,725
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 4,571
- FANUC JP 4,233
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 3,143
- FANUC 2,981
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,813
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 2,500
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 2,182
- OMRON CORPORATION JP 2,036
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 1,981
Top Applicants (CPC)
Class G05,2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- FANUC JP 6,367
- SIEMENS DE 5,963
- FANUC 4,535
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 4,201
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 4,010
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 3,802
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 3,143
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 2,889
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 2,778
- OMRON CORPORATION JP 2,743