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H02P 6/00 Arrangements for controlling synchronous motors or other dynamo-electric motors using electronic commutation dependent on the rotor position; Electronic commutators therefor
Introduced: January 1980
Last revised: January 2016
Classification Context
- Section:
- ELECTRICITY
- Class:
- GENERATION, CONVERSION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- Subclass:
- CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS
Filing statistics
IPC H02P 6/00 belongs to the parent subclass H02P, which recorded 122,940 patent applications worldwide between 2013 and 2023. Annual filings grew from 9,364 in 2013 to 11,656 in 2023 (+24%), peaking at 12,542 applications in 2020. The most active applicants in class H02 are SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) (54,496 applications), MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION (10,495 applications) and TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (9,464 applications).
Source: EPO PATSTAT, worldwide filings
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- H02P 6/04 Arrangements for controlling or regulating the speed or torque of more than one motor
- H02P 6/06 Arrangements for speed regulation of a single motor wherein the motor speed is measured and compared with a given physical value so as to adjust the motor speed
- H02P 6/08 Arrangements for controlling the speed or torque of a single motor
- H02P 6/1 Arrangements for controlling torque ripple, e.g. providing reduced torque ripple
- H02P 6/12 Monitoring commutation; Providing indication of commutation failure
- H02P 6/14 Electronic commutators
- H02P 6/2 Arrangements for starting
- H02P 6/24 Arrangements for stopping
- H02P 6/26 Arrangements for controlling single phase motors
- H02P 6/28 Arrangements for controlling current
- H02P 6/3 Arrangements for controlling the direction of rotation
- H02P 6/32 Arrangements for controlling wound field motors, e.g. motors with exciter coils
- H02P 6/34 Modelling or simulation for control purposes
Top Applicants
Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class H02, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT
- SGCC(STATE GRID CORPORATION OF CHINA) 54,496
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION JP 10,495
- TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION 9,464
- GUANGDONG POWER GRID CORPORATION 9,339
- ROBERT BOSCH DE 8,226
- SIEMENS DE 8,218
- DENSO CORPORATION 7,063
- MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION 6,619
- SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS COMPANY KR 5,826
- GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES 5,094