IPC Main Group
F04B 49/00 Control of, or safety measures for, machines, pumps, or pumping installations, not otherwise provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups
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
10 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F04B 49/02 Stopping, starting, unloading or idling control
- F04B 49/04 Regulating by means of floats
- F04B 49/06 Control using electricity
- F04B 49/08 Regulating by delivery pressure
- F04B 49/1 Other safety measures
- F04B 49/12 by varying the length of stroke of the working members
- F04B 49/16 by adjusting the capacity of dead spaces of working chambers
- F04B 49/18 by changing the effective cross-section of the working surface of the piston
- F04B 49/2 by changing the driving speed
- F04B 49/22 by means of valves
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