IPC 6 English version B60K !A-B60K 20/08

B60K-B60K02008

SECTION B– PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B 60

VEHICLES IN GENERAL

B 60 K

ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS; AUXILIARY DRIVES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; CONJOINT CONTROL OF DRIVE UNITS; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST, OR FUEL SUPPLY, OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES

Notes

(1)

In this subclass, the following terms or expressions are used with the meanings indicated:

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"conjoint control of drive units" includes such control for vehicles or of general applicability; [2]

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"auxiliary drives" means drives of auxiliary or external machines or devices from the propulsion unit, transmission, or other parts of the vehicle, and includes the control of such drives;

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"transmission" means all propulsion parts linking propulsion units, e.g. engines, to ultimate propulsive elements, e.g. wheels;

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"drive unit" means propulsion unit conjoint with transmission; a "drive unit" can additionally include the ultimate driven unit; [2]

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"sub-unit" means, e.g., propulsion unit, clutch, gearing, or brake system. [2]

(2)

Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class B 60.

Arrangement or mounting of propulsion units in vehicles (of control devices for such units B 60 K 26/00; elastic mountings per se F 16 F; propulsion units or their control per se, see the relevant classes) [2]

Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units (B 60 K 7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B 60 K 6/00; electric transmission arrangements B 60 K 17/12; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles per se B 60 L; current-collectors for power supply lines of electrically-propelled vehicles B 60 L 5/00) [5]

comprising more than one electric motor

of the electric storage means for propulsion (for auxiliary purposes only B 60 R 16/04; supplying batteries to, or removing batteries from, vehicles B 60 S 5/06) [6]

Arrangement or mounting of steam or gaseous- pressure propulsion units (B 60 K 7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B 60 K 6/00; gaseous-pressure transmission arrangements B 60 K 17/10) [5]

of piston type

of turbine type

Arrangement or mounting of internal-combustion or jet-propulsion units (B 60 K 7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B 60 K 6/00) [5]

with the engine main axis, e.g. crankshaft axis, substantially in, or parallel to, the longitudinal centre line of the vehicle

with the engine main axis, e.g. crankshaft axis, transversely to the longitudinal centre line of the vehicle

with the engine main axis substantially vertical

comprising more than one engine

providing for ready detachment of engine

Arrangement of engine supports

Arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion, e.g. hybrid propulsion systems comprising electrical and internal combustion motors [5]

Prime-movers comprising electrical and internal combustion motors [5]

having energy storing means [5]

by means of a chargeable mechanical accumulator, e.g. flywheel [5]

Prime-movers comprising internal combustion motor and energy storing means [5]

by means of a chargeable mechanical accumulator, e.g. flywheel [5]

by means of a chargeable fluidic accumulator [5]

Disposition of motor in, or adjacent to, traction wheel (roller-skate driving mechanisms A 63 C 17/12)

Arrangement or mounting of propulsion units not provided for in one of the preceding main groups [5]

Arrangements in connection with cooling, air intake, gas exhaust, fuel supply, or power supply of propulsion units in vehicles

11/

Arrangement in connection with cooling of propulsion units (heating the interior space B 60 H; cooling internal combustion engines per se F 01 P)

11/

with liquid cooling

11/

Arrangement or mounting of radiators, radiator shutters, or radiator blinds

11/

with air cooling

11/

Air inlets for cooling; Shutters or blinds therefor

13/

Arrangement in connection with combustion air intake or gas exhaust of propulsion units (forming part of the engine F 01 N; supplying combustion engines with combustible mixtures or constituents F 02 M)

13/

concerning intake

13/

concerning exhaust (extensions for melting snow or ice on roads or like surfaces E 01 H 5/00, E 01 H 6/00; exhaust silencers for internal-combustion engines per se F 01 N)

13/

using structural parts of the vehicle as ducts, e.g. frame parts

15/

Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks (tanks in general B 65 D, F 17 C; supplying combustion engines with combustible mixtures or constituents F 02 M) [5]

15/

Arrangement of fuel conduits (chassis frame forming fluid conduit means B 62 D 21/17) [5]

15/

Fuel tanks (chassis frame comprising fluid storage compartment B 62 D 21/16) [5]

15/

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characterised by venting means [5]

15/

Tank inlets (B 60 K 15/077 takes precedence) [5]

15/

Inlet covers [5]

15/

characterised by fuel reserve systems [5]

15/

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Arrangement of tanks [5]

15/

067

Mounting of tanks [5]

15/

of gas tanks [5]

15/

073

Tank construction specially adapted to the vehicle (B 60 K 15/077 takes precedence) [5]

15/

077

with means modifying or controlling distribution or motion of fuel, e.g. to prevent noise, surge, splash or fuel starvation [5]

15/

concerning gas-producing plants (gas-producing plants per se C 10 J)

16/

Arrangements in connection with power supply from force of nature, e.g. sun, wind (electric propulsion with power supply from force of nature, e.g. sun, wind, B 60 L 8/00; effecting propulsion by wind motors driving water-engaging propulsive elements B 63 H 13/00) [5]

Arrangement or mounting of transmissions or their control in vehicles (torque-transmitting axles B 60 B; combined transmission and steering gear for steering non-deflectable wheels B 62 D)

17/

Arrangement or mounting of transmissions in vehicles (clutches per se, e.g. construction thereof, F 16 D; gearing per se, e.g. construction thereof, F 16 H) [2]

17/

characterised by arrangement, location, or kind of clutch

17/

characterised by arrangement, location, or kind of gearing (electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B 60 L)

17/

of change-speed gearing (B 60 K 17/10 to B 60 K 17/16 take precedence) [2]

17/

of mechanical type

17/

of fluid gearing (of fluid clutches B 60 K 17/02)

17/

of electric gearing (of electrically-actuated clutches B 60 K 17/02)

17/

the motor of fluid or electric gearing being disposed in, or adjacent to, traction wheel (B 60 K 7/00, B 60 K 17/356 take precedence) [4]

17/

of differential gearing

17/

(transferred to F 16 H 48/20)

17/

characterised by arrangement, location, or type of main drive shafting, e.g. cardan shaft

17/

Arrangement of mountings for shafting

17/

characterised by arrangement, location, or type of freewheel device

17/

characterised by arrangement, location, or type of power take-off

17/

the ultimate propulsive elements, e.g. ground wheels, being steerable [4]

17/

the ultimate propulsive elements, e.g. ground wheels, being rockable about a horizontal pivot

17/

for driving both front and rear wheels, e.g. four wheel drive vehicles (arrangement or mounting of control devices for changing number of driven wheels B 60 K 23/08)

17/

342

having a longitudinal, endless element, e.g. belt or chain, for transmitting drive to wheels [4]

17/

344

having a transfer gear [4]

17/

346

the transfer gear being a differential gear [4]

17/

348

having differential means for driving one set of wheels, e.g. the front, at one speed and the other set, e.g. the rear, at a different speeds (B 60 K 17/346 takes precedence) [4]

17/

including arrangements for suppressing or influencing the power transfer, e.g. viscous clutches (differential gearing with locking devices F 16 H 48/20) [4,6]

17/

352

(transferred to F 16 H 48/30)

17/

354

having separate mechanical assemblies for transmitting drive to the front or to the rear wheels or set of wheels [4]

17/

356

having fluid or electric motor, for driving one or more wheels (disposition of motor in, or adjacent to, traction wheel B 60 K 7/00) [4]

17/

358

(covered by B 60 K 17/00)

17/

for driving tandem wheels

20/

Arrangement or mounting of change-speed gearing control devices in vehicles (B 60 K 41/00 takes precedence; movable cabs having special adaptations of vehicle control devices B 62 D 33/073; such control devices per se F 16 H) [2,5]

20/

of initiating means (control mechanisms in general G 05 G) [2]

20/

floor-mounted [2]

20/

mounted on steering column or the like [2]

20/

dashboard-mounted [2]

B60K 23/00 - B60K 41/28