Equipment for handling lifeboats or the like

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:: PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
Subclass:: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING

Additional Content

Lifeboat lifeboats An open or covered boat, motorized or propelled by wind or muscle power, e.g. by oars, for rescue of crew and passengers at sea. Lifeboat-like craft A small auxiliary boat, e.g. dinghy, zodiac or jolly-boat, carried on a larger vessels, e.g. for providing access to the shore or for transfer to other vessels. Tackle A combination of pulley-blocks and a rope for facilitating hoisting or lowering of heavy bodies.

7 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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B63B 23/02 Davits, i.e. devices having arms for lowering boats by cables or the like
B63B 23/28 Devices for projecting or releasing boats for free fall
B63B 23/3 Devices for guiding boats to water surface
B63B 23/38 Transport of boats to davits or the like
B63B 23/4 Use of lowering or hoisting gear
B63B 23/62 Fastening or storing of boats on deck
B63B 23/7 Condition-responsive handling equipment, e.g. automatic release of boat from lowering tackle upon contact with water

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B63, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES KR 5,719
DAEWOO SHIPBUILDING & MARINE ENGINEERING COMPANY KR 4,684
HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES COMPANY KR 3,015
ZHEJIANG OCEAN UNIVERSITY 1,359
HUDONG-ZHONGHUA SHIPBUILDING (GROUP) COMPANY 1,221
HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY 1,175
SHANGHAI WAIGAOQIAO SHIPBUILDING COMPANY 1,129
CSSC HUANGPU WENCHONG SHIPBUILDING COMPANY 1,113
GUANGZHOU SHIPYARD INTERNATIONAL COMPANY 1,073
JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 963