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F04B 41/00

Pumping installations or systems specially adapted for elastic fluids

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

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

For raising fluid from great depths

3 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • F04B 41/02 having reservoirs
  • F04B 41/04 Conversion of internal-combustion engine cylinder units to pumps
  • F04B 41/06 Combinations of two or more pumps

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F04, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 5,351
  2. LG ELECTRONICS KR 3,502
  3. ROBERT BOSCH DE 3,011
  4. MIDEA 2,258
  5. MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 1,663
  6. ZHUHAI LANDA COMPRESSOR COMPANY 1,639
  7. GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC.OF ZHUHAI 1,573
  8. ZHUHAI GREE ENERGY-SAVING REFRIGERATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER COMPANY 1,536
  9. TOYOTA INDUSTRIES CORPORATION 1,347
  10. DAIKIN INDUSTRIES 1,325