IPC Main Group
F03C 1/00 Reciprocating-piston liquid engines
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- Class:
- MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- Subclass:
- POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT ENGINES DRIVEN BY LIQUIDS
11 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F03C 1/007 with single cylinder, double-acting piston
- F03C 1/013 with single cylinder, single-acting piston
- F03C 1/02 with multiple cylinders, characterised by the number or arrangement of cylinders
- F03C 1/08 Distributing valve-gear peculiar thereto
- F03C 1/22 with movable cylinders
- F03C 1/26 adapted for special use or combined with apparatus driven thereby
- F03C 1/28 Pistons specially adapted therefor
- F03C 1/3 Cams specially adapted therefor
- F03C 1/32 Cylinders specially adapted therefor
- F03C 1/34 Distribution members specially adapted for multiple-cylinder engines
- F03C 1/4 Control specially adapted therefor
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F03, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- VESTAS DK 3,539
- WOBBEN PROPERTIES DE 2,922
- SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY DK 2,747
- GE (GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY) US 2,356
- BEIJING GOLDWIND SCIENCE & CREATION WINDPOWER EQUIPMENT COMPANY 1,228
- SIEMENS DE 886
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 831
- HUANENG CLEAN ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE 785
- MING YANG SMART ENERGY GROUP. 652
- LM WIND POWER DK 600