IPC Main Group
B60V 1/00 Air-cushion vehicles
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- Subclass:
- AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES
Additional Content
Land vehicles, waterborne vessels, or aircraft adapted or modified to travel on air cushions
Related Keywords
ground-effect machinesGROUND(S) effect machines
11 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B60V 1/02 wherein the cushion is generated and contained by at least one peripheral fluid curtain
- B60V 1/04 wherein the cushion is contained at least in part by walls
- B60V 1/06 wherein the cushion is formed within plenum chamber
- B60V 1/08 wherein the cushion is created during forward movement of the vehicle by ram effect
- B60V 1/1 in which the curtain-forming nozzle or the vehicle base is shaped to create a vortex curtain
- B60V 1/11 Stability or attitude control
- B60V 1/14 Propulsion; Control thereof
- B60V 1/16 Flexible skirts
- B60V 1/18 Body structure
- B60V 1/2 Spray deflectors
- B60V 1/22 provided with hydrofoils
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