IPC Main Group
B21D 7/00 Bending rods, profiles, or tubes
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- Subclass:
- WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B21D 7/02 over a stationary forming member; by use of a swinging forming member or abutment
- B21D 7/04 over a movably-arranged forming member
- B21D 7/06 in press brakes or between rams and anvils or abutments; Pliers with forming dies
- B21D 7/08 by passing between rollers or through a curved die
- B21D 7/1 by abutting members and flexible bending means, e.g. with chains, ropes
- B21D 7/12 with program control
- B21D 7/14 combined with measuring of bends or lengths
- B21D 7/16 Auxiliary equipment, e.g. for heating or cooling of bends
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B21, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- JFE STEEL 2,318
- JFE STEEL JP 2,294
- POSCO (POHANG IRON AND STEEL COMPANY) KR 2,083
- NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION JP 1,650
- NSSMC (NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL) JP 1,631
- SMS GROUP DE 1,472
- BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL COMPANY 1,181
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 1,079
- ANHUI JIANGHUAI AUTOMOBILE 984
- HYUNDAI STEEL COMPANY KR 980