IPC Main Group
B62D 5/00 Power-assisted or power-driven steering
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
- Subclass:
- MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
3 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B62D 5/02 mechanical, e.g. using a power-take-off mechanism for taking power from a rotating shaft of the vehicle and applying it to the steering gear
- B62D 5/04 electrical, e.g. using an electric servo-motor connected to, or forming part of, the steering gear
- B62D 5/06 fluid, i.e. using a pressurised fluid for most or all the force required for steering a vehicle
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B62, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- HONDA MOTOR COMPANY JP 5,614
- HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 5,534
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 5,128
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 4,603
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 4,110
- SHIMANO JP 4,017
- KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 3,365
- BMW (BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE) DE 3,336
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 2,971
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 2,936