Machines for simply fitting together or separating metal parts or objects, or metal and non-metal parts, whether or not involving some deformation; Tools or devices therefor so far as not provided for in other classes

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:: MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Subclass:: METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS

Filing statistics

IPC B23P 19/00 belongs to the parent subclass B23P, which recorded 233,653 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 11,207 in 2013 to 27,063 in 2023 (+141%), peaking at 27,887 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class B23 are ITW (ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS) (3,407 applications), FANUC (3,120 applications) and DISCO ABRASIVE SYSTEM (2,777 applications).

Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings

Related Keywords

ASSEMBLING of metal parts to other metal partspressing sleeves or COLLAR(S) on to shafts or like membersmachines for DISASSEMBLING partsEND-CAPS for rods or tubesmachines for assembling or fittings parts togetherassembling components to form METAL(S) articlesmaking PRESS(ES) fit connectionspressing sleeves or collars on to SHAFT(S)tools for withdrawing parts or objects from SHAFT(S)pressing metal SLEEVE(S) on to shafts

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B23P 19/02 for connecting objects by press fit or for detaching same
B23P 19/04 for assembling or disassembling parts
B23P 19/1 Aligning parts to be fitted together

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