IPC Subgroup
B66D 3/08 Arrangements of sheaves
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Full Title
Portable or mobile lifting or hauling appliances > Pulley blocks or like devices in which force is applied to a rope, cable or chain, which passes over one or more pulleys, e.g. to obtain mechanical advantage > with more than one pulley > Arrangements of sheaves
Classification Context
- Section:
- PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- Class:
- HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
- Subclass:
- CAPSTANS; WINCHES; TACKLES, e.g. PULLEY BLOCKS; HOISTS
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class B66, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- INVENTIO CH 3,843
- OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY US 3,709
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 2,987
- KONE CORPORATION FI 2,922
- TOSHIBA ELEVATOR COMPANY 2,922
- HITACHI 2,321
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 2,287
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 1,870
- HITACHI BUILDING SYSTEMS COMPANY 1,700
- ANHUI HELI COMPANY 1,325