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IPC Subgroup
F02K 3/072

with counter-rotating rotors

Introduced: January 1980

Last revised: January 2006

Full Title

Plants including a gas turbine driving a compressor or a ducted fan > in which part of the working fluid by-passes the turbine and combustion chamber > the plant including ducted fans, i.e. fans with high volume, low-pressure outputs, for augmenting jet thrust, e.g. of double-flow type > with counter-rotating rotors

Classification Context

Section:
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Class:
COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Subclass:
JET-PROPULSION PLANTS

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F02, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 8,687
  2. ROBERT BOSCH DE 8,328
  3. FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES US 7,423
  4. GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 5,732
  5. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (UTC) US 5,592
  6. HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 4,699
  7. TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION JP 4,541
  8. DENSO CORPORATION 3,711
  9. WEICHAI POWER COMPANY 3,486
  10. SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES FR 3,249