H05B ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
Introduced: September 1968
Classification Context
- Section:
- ELECTRICITY
- Class:
- ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- Subclass:
- ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
Description
This subclass encompasses electric heating devices and light sources that do not fall within other specialized IPC sections, along with their associated circuit control systems. Coverage includes resistance heating elements, electric furnaces, heating appliances, and general-purpose lighting technologies with their switching, dimming, and protective circuits. The classification addresses both the heating/lighting apparatus themselves and the electrical control infrastructure required for their operation, excluding heating and lighting integrated into specific end-use applications covered elsewhere (such as automotive lighting or industrial process heating in specialized classes).
Scope Notes
Application references: Electric heating Domestic cooking Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment Radiation therapy using microwaves Forging by heat , Joining of preformed parts by heating of plastics or substances in a plastic state Metallurgy , , Domestic heating or stoves Furnaces or ovens Thermally-actuated switches
Related Keywords
14 direct subcodes
Child Classifications
Navigate with arrow keys, Enter to open
- H05B 1/00 Details of electric heating devices
- H05B 11/00 Heating by combined application of processes covered by two or more of groups
- H05B 3/00 Ohmic-resistance heating
- H05B 31/00 Electric arc lamps
- H05B 33/00 Electroluminescent light sources
- H05B 35/00 Electric light sources using a combination of different types of light generation
- H05B 39/00 Circuit arrangements or apparatus for operating incandescent light sources
- H05B 41/00 Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
- H05B 44/00 Circuit arrangements for operating electroluminescent light sources
- H05B 45/00 Circuit arrangements for operating light-emitting diodes [LED]
- H05B 46/00 Circuit arrangements for operating light sources using a charge of combustible material
- H05B 47/00 Circuit arrangements for operating light sources in general, i.e. where the type of light source is not relevant
- H05B 6/00 Heating by electric, magnetic or electromagnetic fields
- H05B 7/00 Heating by electric discharge