IPC Main Group
B64C 11/00 Propellers, e.g. of ducted type; Features common to propellers and rotors for rotorcraft
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
- Subclass:
- AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS
Additional Content
Rotors specially adapted for rotorcraft
Related Keywords
AIRSCREWSaircraft PROPELLERSair SCREW(S)
4 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- B64C 11/02 Hub construction
- B64C 11/16 Blades
- B64C 11/3 Blade pitch-changing mechanisms
- B64C 11/46 Arrangements of, or constructional features peculiar to, multiple propellers
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B64, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- BOEING COMPANY US 8,583
- AIRBUS OPERATIONS DE 3,430
- AIRBUS OPERATIONS FR 2,757
- HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND US 2,332
- SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY COMPANY CN 2,109
- AIRBUS OPERATIONS GB 2,084
- GOODRICH CORPORATION US 2,053
- XI'AN AIRCRAFT DESIGN INSTITUTE OF AVIATION INDUSTRY CORPORATION OF CHINA 1,938
- BOEING COMPANY 1,816
- NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS 1,589