Arrangements or fittings on vehicles for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestrians in case of accidents or other traffic risks

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:: VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Subclass:: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Additional Content

Safety belts or body harnesses in vehicles Crash or safety seats constructed to protect the occupant from the effect of abnormal g-forces Energy-absorbing arrangements for hand wheels for steering vehicles Energy-absorbing arrangements for vehicle steering columns

Related Keywords

vehicle features concerned with preventing ACCIDENTSarrangements or fittings on VEHICLES for protecting or preventing injuries to occupants or pedestriansmodifications of VEHICLES to prevent injury to passengers in accidents

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Child Classifications

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B60R 21/01 Electrical circuits for triggering safety arrangements in case of vehicle accidents or impending vehicle accidents
B60R 21/02 Occupant safety arrangements or fittings
B60R 21/34 Protecting non-occupants of a vehicle, e.g. pedestrians

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