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F02B 57/00 Internal-combustion aspects of rotary engines in which the combusted gases displace one or more reciprocating pistons
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- Class:
- COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- Subclass:
- INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
4 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F02B 57/02 Fuel or combustion-air supply
- F02B 57/04 Control of cylinder-charge admission or exhaust
- F02B 57/06 Two-stroke engines or other engines with working-piston-controlled cylinder-charge admission or exhaust
- F02B 57/08 Engines with star-shaped cylinder arrangements
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F02, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 8,687
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 8,328
- FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 7,423
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 5,732
- UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 5,592
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 4,699
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 4,541
- DENSO CORPORATION 3,711
- WEICHAI POWER COMPANY 3,486
- SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES FR 3,249