IPC Main Group
F04B 1/00 Multi-cylinder machines or pumps characterised by number or arrangement of cylinders
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2020
Classification Context
- Section:
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- Class:
- POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
- Subclass:
- POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
Additional Content
Limiting references
Machines or pumps with pistons coacting within one cylinder
Application references
Pumps for raising fluid from great depth
5 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F04B 1/02 having two cylinders
- F04B 1/03 with cylinder axis arranged substantially tangentially to a circle centred on main shaft axis
- F04B 1/04 having cylinders in star- or fan-arrangement
- F04B 1/12 having cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main shaft axis
- F04B 1/34 Control not provided for in groups , , or
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F04, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 5,351
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 3,502
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 3,011
- MIDEA 2,258
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 1,663
- ZHUHAI LANDA COMPRESSOR COMPANY 1,639
- GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC.OF ZHUHAI 1,573
- ZHUHAI GREE ENERGY-SAVING REFRIGERATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER COMPANY 1,536
- TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION 1,347
- DAIKIN INDUSTRIES 1,325