IPC Main Group
F21V 21/00 Supporting, suspending, or attaching arrangements for lighting devices; Hand grips
Introduced: September 1968
Last revised: January 2006
Classification Context
- Section:
- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- Class:
- LIGHTING
- Subclass:
- FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Related Keywords
lamp BRACKETSbrackets for GAS(ES)-lampsHOLDERS for lighting devicesSUPPORTS for lampsSUSPENDING of lamps
12 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
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- F21V 21/002 making direct electrical contact, e.g. by piercing
- F21V 21/005 for several lighting devices in an end-to-end arrangement, i.e. light tracks
- F21V 21/008 Suspending from a cable or suspension line
- F21V 21/02 Wall, ceiling, or floor bases; Fixing pendants or arms to the bases
- F21V 21/06 Bases for movable standing lamps; Fixing standards to the bases
- F21V 21/08 Devices for easy attachment to a desired place
- F21V 21/1 Pendants, arms or standards; Fixing lighting devices to pendants, arms or standards
- F21V 21/13 Spring-loaded poles fixed at both ends
- F21V 21/14 Adjustable mountings
- F21V 21/34 Supporting elements displaceable along a guiding element
- F21V 21/36 Hoisting or lowering devices, e.g. for maintenance
- F21V 21/4 Hand grips
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F21, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 3,883
- VALEO VISION FR 2,797
- KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY 2,531
- OPPLE LIGHTING COMPANY 2,343
- SIGNIFY HOLDING NL 2,275
- TOSHIBA LIGHTING & TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 1,982
- KOITO MANUFACTURING COMPANY JP 1,766
- LG INNOTEK COMPANY KR 1,651
- SUZHOU OPPLE LIGHTING COMPANY 1,633
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 1,591