IPC Main Group
B60L 5/00 Current-collectors for power supply lines of electrically-propelled vehicles
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- Subclass:
- PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; MONITORING OPERATING VARIABLES OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRIC SAFETY DEVICES FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES
Related Keywords
COLLECTORS for electrically-propelled vehiclesCURRENT(S) collectors for electrically-propelled vehiclesPANTOGRAPH(S) for electrically-propelled vehicles
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Child Classifications
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- B60L 5/02 with ice-removing device
- B60L 5/04 using rollers or sliding shoes in contact with trolley wire
- B60L 5/18 using bow-type collectors in contact with trolley wire
- B60L 5/34 with devices to enable one vehicle to pass another one using the same power supply line
- B60L 5/36 with means for collecting current simultaneously from more than one conductor, e.g. from more than one phase
- B60L 5/38 for collecting current from conductor rails
- B60L 5/4 for collecting current from lines in slotted conduits
- B60L 5/42 for collecting current from individual contact pieces connected to the power supply line
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B60, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 28,052
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 27,773
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 26,243
- KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 20,110
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 19,033
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 17,924
- BMW (BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE) DE 14,214
- HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 12,527
- AUDI DE 10,806
- GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS US 10,336