IPC Main Group
B23B 45/00 Hand-held or like portable drilling machines, e.g. drill guns; Equipment therefor
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- Subclass:
- TURNING; BORING
Related Keywords
BRACES for drills for metaldrill GUNS
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B23B 45/02 driven by electric power
- B23B 45/04 driven by fluid-pressure or pneumatic power
- B23B 45/06 driven by man-power
- B23B 45/14 Means for holding or guiding the drilling device or for securing it to the work; Thrust stands
- B23B 45/16 with superimposed percussive action
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B23, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- ITW (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS) US 3,407
- FANUC JP 3,120
- DISCO ABRASIVE SYSTEM 2,777
- HAN'S LASER TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY GROUP COMPANY 2,629
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,468
- FANUC 2,273
- DISCO CORPORATION JP 2,267
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 1,611
- CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 1,534
- ISCAR IL 1,499