B60T VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- Subclass:
- VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL; ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES
Description
B60T encompasses vehicle braking systems, including hydraulic, pneumatic, and electric brake control mechanisms, as well as anti-lock braking systems (ABS), electronic stability control, and brake force distribution technologies. This subclass covers brake component design and arrangement on vehicles, cooling systems for brake dissipation, and portable braking aids such as wheel chocks and brake wedges. The classification includes both the control electronics and mechanical brake assemblies across all vehicle types, from passenger cars to heavy commercial vehicles. Adjacent classes address specific brake types (disc, drum, regenerative) and non-vehicle brake systems classified elsewhere.
Additional Content
Glossary
boosters booster means for providing power assistance to the braking effort vehicle vehicles This term can have two different meanings here, viz. (1) all vehicles except those restricted to one of the following types of vehicles: rail vehicles, waterborne vessels, aircraft, space vehicles, hand carts, cycles, animal-drawn vehicles, and sledges, which are covered by the relevant subclasses of . The term "vehicle" also includes (i) vehicular characteristics which are common to more than one of the above-listed types, and (ii) certain characteristics restricted to automobiles, road or cross-country trailers. (2) In some instances in this definition, the term "vehicle" has been qualified by another word which takes its meaning outside the scope of (1) above (e.g. "rail vehicle"), in which case the word "vehicle" takes its normal dictionary meaning. The reader can determine from the context whether an occurrence of the word "vehicle" in this definition falls within the meaning stated in (1) or (2).
Limiting references
Brakes or other retarding apparatus peculiar to rail vehicles; Arrangement or disposition of brakes or other retarding apparatus in rail vehicles (see above) Electrodynamic brake systems and control thereof for vehicles, and in general Conjoint control of brakes and other drive units of vehicles, such as engine, gearing or clutch (this may be particularly significant when traction control systems operating on more than just brakes are being classified) Arrangement of braking elements on cycles Arrangement of braking elements on aircraft Dynamo-electric brakes
Related Keywords
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B60T 1/00 Arrangements of braking elements, i.e. of those parts where braking effect occurs
- B60T 10/00 Control or regulation for continuous braking making use of fluid or powdered medium, e.g. for use when descending a long slope
- B60T 11/00 Transmitting braking action from initiating means to ultimate brake actuator without power assistance or drive or where such assistance or drive is irrelevant
- B60T 13/00 Transmitting braking action from initiating means to ultimate brake actuator with power assistance or drive; Brake systems incorporating such transmitting means, e.g. air-pressure brake systems
- B60T 15/00 Construction, arrangement, or operation of valves incorporated in power brake systems and not covered by groups or
- B60T 17/00 Component parts, details, or accessories of brake systems not covered by groups , or , or presenting other characteristic features
- B60T 3/00 Portable devices for preventing unwanted movement of vehicles, e.g. chocks
- B60T 5/00 Vehicle modifications to facilitate cooling of brakes
- B60T 7/00 Brake-action initiating means
- B60T 8/00 Arrangements for adjusting wheel-braking force to meet varying vehicular or ground-surface conditions, e.g. limiting or varying distribution of braking force
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