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F24S 10/00

Solar heat collectors using working fluids

Introduced: January 2018

Classification Context

Section:
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
Class:
HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
Subclass:
SOLAR HEAT COLLECTORS; SOLAR HEAT SYSTEMS

10 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • F24S 10/2 having circuits for two or more working fluids
  • F24S 10/25 having two or more passages for the same working fluid layered in the direction of solar rays, e.g. having upper circulation channels connected with lower circulation channels
  • F24S 10/3 with means for exchanging heat between two or more working fluids
  • F24S 10/4 in absorbing elements surrounded by transparent enclosures, e.g. evacuated solar heat collectors
  • F24S 10/6 the working fluids trickling freely over absorbing elements
  • F24S 10/8 comprising porous material or permeable masses directly contacting the working fluids

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F24, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. MIDEA 21,834
  2. GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 21,535
  3. GUANGDONG MIDEA REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT COMPANY 20,870
  4. QINGDAO HAIER AIR CONDITIONER COMPANY 15,443
  5. HAIER SMART HOME 15,442
  6. QINGDAO HAIER AIR CONDITIONER ELECTRIC COMPANY 10,008
  7. AUX AIR CONDITIONING COMPANY 7,723
  8. NINGBO AUX ELECTRIC COMPANY 7,499
  9. NINGBO FOTILE KITCHENWARE COMPANY 6,712
  10. LG ELECTRONICS KR 6,441