IPC Main Group
B62M 1/00 Rider propulsion of wheeled vehicles
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2010
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
- Subclass:
- RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR CYCLES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES
7 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B62M 1/1 involving devices which enable the mechanical storing and releasing of energy occasionally, e.g. arrangement of flywheels
- B62M 1/12 operated by both hand and foot power
- B62M 1/14 operated exclusively by hand power
- B62M 1/18 by movement of rider's saddle
- B62M 1/24 with reciprocating levers, e.g. foot levers
- B62M 1/34 by walking on an endless belt
- B62M 1/36 with rotary cranks, e.g. with pedal cranks
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