IPC Main Group
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 10/1 the working fluids forming pools or ponds
- 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 10/5 the working fluids being conveyed between plates
- F24S 10/6 the working fluids trickling freely over absorbing elements
- F24S 10/7 the working fluids being conveyed through tubular absorbing conduits
- F24S 10/8 comprising porous material or permeable masses directly contacting the working fluids
- F24S 10/9 using internal thermosiphonic circulation
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class F24, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- MIDEA 21,834
- GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 21,535
- GUANGDONG MIDEA REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT COMPANY 20,870
- QINGDAO HAIER AIR CONDITIONER COMPANY 15,443
- HAIER SMART HOME 15,442
- QINGDAO HAIER AIR CONDITIONER ELECTRIC COMPANY 10,008
- AUX AIR CONDITIONING COMPANY 7,723
- NINGBO AUX ELECTRIC COMPANY 7,499
- NINGBO FOTILE KITCHENWARE COMPANY 6,712
- LG ELECTRONICS KR 6,441