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B60V

AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
Subclass:
AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES

Description

B60V covers air-cushion vehicles (hovercraft) and related technology for generating, maintaining, and controlling the air cushion beneath the craft. This classification includes propulsion systems, steering mechanisms, skirt designs, and air supply/pressure regulation systems specific to hovering and ground-effect vehicles. Applications encompass passenger and cargo transport over water, marshland, and other surfaces where conventional wheeled or water-based vessels are impractical. Adjacent classes address conventional vehicle propulsion (B60K) and marine vessel design (B63B).

Additional Content

Glossary

Vehicle vehicles This term has been used with the following two variations in meaning within this subclass:(1) all varieties of apparatus (e.g. automobiles) intended to carry people or goods significant distances (e.g. between cities, to or from separate building complexes) across land, over water, or through the air except those restricted to one of the following types: rail vehicles, waterborne vessels, aircraft, space vehicles, hand carts, cycles, animal-drawn vehicles, or sledges. (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 broader meaning in (1) above (i.e. without the specified exception of particular types of vehicles from its scope). 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

General manufacturing of various vehicle parts Assembling and disassembling of various metal parts Assembling of a multiplicity of different parts to compose units Designing, manufacturing, assembling, facilitating disassembly, or structurally modifying motor vehicles or trailers The construction of hulls Methods of designing, building, maintaining, converting, refitting, repairing, or determining properties of vessels , , , , Designing, manufacturing, or assembling aircraft, not otherwise provided for

Related Keywords

AIR cushion(s) vehiclesair-cushion vehiclesLEVITATING of vehicles by gaseous cushionsair-cushion VEHICLES

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Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B60, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 28,052
  2. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 27,773
  3. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 26,243
  4. KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 20,110
  5. ROBERT BOSCH DE 19,033
  6. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 17,924
  7. BMW (BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE) DE 14,214
  8. HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 12,527
  9. AUDI DE 10,806
  10. GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS US 10,336