IPC Main Group
F16L 9/00 Rigid pipes
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- Class:
- ENGINEERING ELEMENTS OR UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
- Subclass:
- PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
Related Keywords
TUBE(S) for conveying fluids
11 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F16L 9/01 of wood
- F16L 9/02 of metal
- F16L 9/08 of concrete, cement, or asbestos cement, with or without reinforcement
- F16L 9/1 of glass or ceramics, e.g. clay, clay tile, porcelain
- F16L 9/12 of plastics with or without reinforcement
- F16L 9/14 Compound tubes, i.e. made of materials not wholly covered by any one of the preceding groups
- F16L 9/16 wound from sheets or strips, with or without reinforcement
- F16L 9/17 obtained by bending a sheet longitudinally and connecting the edges
- F16L 9/18 Double-walled pipes; Multi-channel pipes or pipe assemblies
- F16L 9/21 made of sound-absorbing materials or with sound-absorbing structure
- F16L 9/22 Pipes composed of a plurality of segments
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F16, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES & COMPANY DE 21,545
- ZAHNRADFABRIK FRIEDRICHSHAFEN DE 9,446
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 7,215
- HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY KR 6,846
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 6,106
- NTN CORPORATION 5,305
- SKF SE 4,219
- KIA MOTORS CORPORATION KR 3,852
- NSK 3,850
- HONDA MOTOR COMPANY 3,639