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IPC Subclass
B64D

EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
Class:
AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
Subclass:
EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLIGHT SUITS; PARACHUTES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSION TRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT

Description

B64D covers aircraft equipment, systems, and components integrated into or mounted on aircraft structures, including interior fittings, safety gear, and propulsion system installations. This subclass encompasses flight suits, parachutes, landing gear arrangements, fuel systems, hydraulic systems, electrical systems, environmental control systems, and the mechanical or structural mounting of engines and transmission systems within aircraft. It also includes aircraft furniture, cargo handling equipment, and life-support apparatus designed for aircraft use. Related airframe design and aerodynamic features are covered separately under B64C, while power plant designs themselves are classified under B64C or relevant mechanical/engineering classes.

Additional Content

Glossary

hybrid power plants or aircraft having two or more different sources of motive power which may be used together or alternately. hybrid electric hybrid-electric power plants or aircraft having electric motors and combustion engines driving the ultimate propulsive elements, e.g. propellers. Three types of hybrid electric aircraft or propulsion plants are identified according to the arrangement of the prime movers: series, parallel and series-parallel: series type: comprises a combustion engine driving an electric generator which powers electric propulsion motors; parallel type: comprises a combustion engine and an electric motor for mutual or common propulsion of the ultimate propulsive elements; series-parallel type: comprises power-split devices allowing the power path from the combustion engine to the ultimate propulsive element to be either fully mechanical, fully electric as in a series type or a combination of the two.

Application references

Equipment for UAVs

Related Keywords

AIRCRAFT equipmentarrangement or control of aircraft power PLANT(S)

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Child Classifications

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  • B64D 10/00 Flight suits
  • B64D 21/00 Testing of parachutes
  • B64D 23/00 Training of parachutists
  • B64D 41/00 Power installations for auxiliary purposes

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B64, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. BOEING COMPANY US 8,583
  2. AIRBUS OPERATIONS DE 3,430
  3. AIRBUS OPERATIONS FR 2,757
  4. HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND US 2,332
  5. SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY COMPANY CN 2,109
  6. AIRBUS OPERATIONS GB 2,084
  7. GOODRICH CORPORATION US 2,053
  8. XI'AN AIRCRAFT DESIGN INSTITUTE OF AVIATION INDUSTRY CORPORATION OF CHINA 1,938
  9. BOEING COMPANY 1,816
  10. NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS 1,589