IPC Main Group
B61G 1/00 Couplings comprising interengaging parts of different shape or form and having links, bars, pins, shackles, or hooks as coupling means
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- RAILWAYS
- Subclass:
- COUPLINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR RAILWAY VEHICLES; DRAUGHT OR BUFFING APPLIANCES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR RAILWAY VEHICLES
8 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B61G 1/02 having links or bars coupling or uncoupling by rotating around a transverse horizontal axis
- B61G 1/1 having links or bars coupling or uncoupling by rotating around a vertical axis
- B61G 1/18 having links or bars coupling or uncoupling by rotating axially
- B61G 1/22 having screws incorporated in the links for lengthening or shortening the couplings
- B61G 1/28 with vertical bolt or pin
- B61G 1/32 with horizontal bolt or pin
- B61G 1/36 with shackles and hooks, e.g. specially adapted for mine cars
- B61G 1/4 with coupling bars having an enlarged or recessed end which slips into the opposite coupling part and is gripped thereby, e.g. arrow-head type; with coupling parts having a tong-like gripping action
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B61, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SIEMENS MOBILITY DE 2,749
- CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG COMPANY 2,215
- SIEMENS DE 1,941
- ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES FR 1,514
- BYD COMPANY 1,371
- CRRC CHANGCHUN RAILWAY VEHICLES COMPANY 1,205
- CRRC ZHUZHOU LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY 1,165
- CRRC TANGSHAN COMPANY 1,119
- BOMBARDIER TRANSPORTATION DE 1,001
- SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY 958