IPC 6 English version B62D 49/00-B62D 155:00

B62D04900-B62D15500

SECTION B– PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B 62

LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS

B 62 D

MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A 01 B 69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B 60 B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B 60 C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B 60 D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B 60 F; suspension arrangements B 60 G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B 60 H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B 60 J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B 60 K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B 60 L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B 60 M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B 60 N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B 60 P; lighting, signalling B 60 Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts, not otherwise provided for B 60 R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for B 60 S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B 60 T; air-cushion vehicles B 60 V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B 62 J, B 62 K; testing of vehicles G 01 M)

49/

Tractors (of walk type B 62 D 51/04; endless-track features B 62 D 55/00)

49/

modified to take lifting devices

49/

modified to take pushing devices

49/

adapted for multi-purpose use

49/

having means for preventing overturning or tipping (safety devices for propulsion-unit control, specially adapted for, or arranged in, vehicles B 60 K 28/00) [4]

51/

Motor vehicles characterised by the driver not being seated

51/

the driver standing in the vehicle

51/

the driver walking

51/

Uniaxle walk-type tractors

53/

Tractor-trailer combinations; Road trains (traction couplings other than fifth-wheel couplings B 60 D)

53/

comprising a uniaxle tractor unit and a uniaxle trailer unit

53/

comprising a vehicle carrying an essential part of the other vehicle's load by having supporting means for the front or rear part of the other vehicle

53/

Semi-trailers

53/

Fifth-wheel traction couplings

53/

with means for preventing accidental uncoupling

53/

engaging automatically

55/

Endless-track vehicles (steering aspects B 62 D 11/00)

55/

with tracks and additional ground wheels

55/

with tracks and alternative ground wheels, e.g. changeable from endless-track vehicle into wheeled vehicle and vice versa

55/

with tracks and without ground wheels

55/

065

Multi-track vehicles, i.e. more than two tracks [4]

55/

Mono-track vehicles [4]

55/

075

Tracked vehicles for ascending or descending stairs (magnetic or pneumatic ground-engaging parts B 62 D 55/265; chairs or multi-track cycles specially adapted for invalids A 61 G 5/00) [4]

55/

Endless-track units; Parts thereof

55/

084

Endless-track units or carriages mounted separably, adjustably or extensibly on vehicles, e.g. portable track units (B 62 D 55/07 takes precedence) [4]

55/

088

with means to exclude or remove foreign matter e.g. sealing means, self-cleaning track links or sprockets, deflector plates or scrapers [4]

55/

092

with lubrication means (lubricating in general F 16 N) [4]

55/

096

with noise reducing means [4]

55/

Bogies; Frames (track-tensioning means B 62 D 55/30)

55/

104

Suspension devices for wheels, rollers, bogies or frames (vehicle suspension in general B 60 G) [4]

55/

108

with mechanical springs, e.g. torsion bars [4]

55/

112

with fluid springs, e.g. hydraulic, pneumatic [4]

55/

116

Attitude or position control of chassis by action on suspension, e.g. to compensate for a slope [4]

55/

Arrangement, location, or adaptation of driving sprockets

55/

125

Final drives [4]

55/

readily interchangeable modular type [4]

55/

135

with dismountable driving crown [4]

55/

Arrangement, location, or adaptation of rollers

55/

Mounting devices, e.g. bushings, axles, bearings, sealings [4]

55/

Tracks (self-cleaning track links B 62 D 55/088) [4]

55/

of articulated type, e.g. chains

55/

205

Connections between track links [4]

55/

Links connected by transverse pivot pins [4]

55/

215

Resilient connections between links [4]

55/

Arrangements for preventing or modifying back-flexing

55/

of continuously-flexible type, e.g. rubber belts

55/

247

Gas filled or inflatable flexible tracks (connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies B 60 C 29/00) [4]

55/

253

having elements interconnected by one or more cables or like elements [4]

55/

Ground-engaging parts or elements

55/

265

having magnetic or pneumatic adhesion [4]

55/

having different types of crampons for progression over varying ground [4]

55/

275

with street plate, i.e. means to prevent tread from cutting into road surface [4]

55/

detachable

55/

Track-tensioning means

55/

Assembly, disassembly, repair or servicing of endless-track systems [4]

57/

Vehicles characterised by having other propulsion or other ground-engaging means than wheels or endless track, alone or in addition to wheels or endless track (sledges B 62 B; motor sledges B 62 M) [5]

57/

with ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. walking members

57/

024

specially adapted for moving on inclined or vertical surfaces (endless-track vehicles for ascending or descending stairs B 62 D 55/075; hand-carts with provision for travelling up or down stairs B 62 B 5/02) [5]

57/

028

having wheels and mechanical legs (B 62 D 57/024 takes precedence; ground-engaging vehicle fittings for supporting, lifting or manoeuvring the vehicle, wholly or in part B 60 S 9/00) [5]

57/

032

with alternately or sequentially lifted supporting base and leg; with alternately or sequentially lifted feet or skid (B 62 D 57/024 takes precedence) [5]

57/

036

screw type, e.g. Archimedian screw (B 62 D 57/024 takes precedence) [5]

57/

having other than ground-engaging propulsion means, e.g. having propellers (arrangement of jet-propulsion units B 60 K)

59/

Trailers with driven ground wheels or the like

59/

driven from external propulsion unit

59/

driven from propulsion unit on trailer

61/

Motor vehicles or trailers, characterised by the arrangement or number of wheels, not otherwise provided for, e.g. four wheels in diamond pattern

61/

with two road wheels in tandem on the longitudinal centre line of the vehicle

61/

with two other wheels which are coaxial

61/

with only three wheels

61/

with single front wheel

61/

with more than four wheels

61/

with variable number of ground-engaging wheels, e.g. with some wheels arranged higher than others, or with retractable wheels (for manoeuvring purposes only B 60 S)

63/

Motor vehicles or trailers not otherwise provided for

63/

Motor vehicles

63/

Component parts or accessories

63/

Trailers (vehicles comprising living accommodation for people, e.g. caravans, camping or like vehicles, B 60 P 3/32)

63/

Component parts or accessories

65/

Designing, manufacturing, or assembling motor vehicles or trailers, not otherwise provided for

Indexing scheme associated with group B 62 D 6/00 (but excluding groups B 62 D 6/02 to B 62 D 6/10) relating to driving conditions sensed and responded to. The indexing codes should be unlinked. [5]

Note

Attention is drawn to Chapter IV of the Guide which sets forth the rules concerning the application and presentation of the different types of indexing code. [6]

101:

Road speed [5]

103:

Acceleration or deceleration in the direction of travel [5]

105:

Loss of traction, e.g. wheel spin or skid [5]

107:

Temperature [5]

109:

Presence, absence or inactivity of driver or operator, e.g. by sensing the operation of the clutch, brake or throttle [5]

111:

Forces disturbing the intended course of the vehicle, e.g. forces acting transversely of the direction of travel [5]

113:

Position of parts of the steering mechanism, e.g. the steered wheels or the steering wheel [5]

115:

Angle of articulation of articulated vehicle; Angle of tow-bar to towing vehicle [5]

117:

Angular velocity of steering wheel [5]

119:

Steering wheel torque [5]

121:

Force applied to the steering linkage [5]

123:

Fluid pressure supply for vehicle equipment, e.g. for power-assisted steering; Presence, failure or threshold values thereof; Lubricating or other fluid capacities [5]

125:

Particular gear ratio selected [5]

127:

Engine speed [5]

131:

Load, including height of vehicle dependent on load; State of vehicle vibration damping means [5]

133:

Trim or inclination, including road gradient [5]

135:

Air moisture content [5]

137:

Conditions not specified in groups B 62 D 101:00 to B 62 D 135:00 [5]

Indexing scheme associated with group B 62 D 6/00, relating to the nature of the steering system. The indexing codes should be unlinked. [6]

Note

Attention is drawn to Chapter IV of the Guide which sets forth the rules concerning the application and presentation of the different types of indexing code. [6]

151:

All-wheel steering, e.g. four-wheel steering [6]

153:

Electric power steering [6]

155:

Steering by differential drive or braking [6]

B62D 12/00 - B62D 47/02