IPC 6 English version F02B 51/00-F02B 79/00

F02B05100-F02B07900

SECTION F– MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING

F 02

COMBUSTION ENGINES (cyclically operating valves therefor, lubricating, exhausting, or silencing engines F 01); HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS

F 02 B

INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL (internal-combustion turbines F 02 C; plants in which engines use combustion products F 02 C, F 02 G)

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Other methods of operating engines involving pre-treating of, or adding substances to, combustion air, fuel, or fuel-air mixture of the engines

51/

involving catalysts

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involving electricity or magnetism

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involving rays or sound waves

Internal-combustion aspects of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston engines

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Internal-combustion aspects of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston engines (internal-combustion aspects of rotary pistons or outer members for co-operation therewith F 02 B 55/00)

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Methods of operating

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Charge admission or combustion-gas discharge

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Valve control therefor

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Charging, e.g. by means of rotary-piston pump

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Fuel supply; Introducing fuel to combustion space

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Ignition

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Adaptations of engines for driving, or engine combinations with, other devices (aspects predominantly concerning such devices, see the relevant classes for the devices)

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Internal-combustion aspects of rotary pistons; Outer members for co-operation with rotary pistons

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Pistons

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Cooling thereof

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by air or other gas

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Outer members for co-operation with rotary pistons; Casings

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Cooling thereof

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by air or other gas

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Shapes or constructions of combustion chambers

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Admission or exhaust passages in pistons or outer members

Internal-combustion aspects of reciprocating-piston engines with movable cylinders

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Internal-combustion aspects of rotary engines in which the combusted gases displace one or more reciprocating pistons

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Fuel or combustion-air supply (cylinder-charge admission or exhaust control F 02 B 57/04)

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Control of cylinder-charge admission or exhaust (peculiar to two-stroke engines or to other engines with working-piston-controlled charge admission or exhaust F 02 B 57/06)

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Two-stroke engines or other engines with working-piston-controlled cylinder-charge admission or exhaust (with combustion space in centre of star F 02 B 57/10)

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Engines with star-shaped cylinder arrangements

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with combustion space in centre of star

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Internal-combustion aspects of other reciprocating-piston engines with movable, e.g. oscillating, cylinders (with yieldable walls F 02 B 75/38)

Adaptations of engines for special use; Combinations of engines with devices other than engine parts or auxiliaries (of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston engines F 02 B 53/14; aspects predominantly concerning such devices, see the relevant classes for the devices)

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Adaptations of engines for driving vehicles or for driving propellers; Combinations of engines with gearing (the engine torque being divided by a differential gear for driving a scavenging or charging pump and the engine output shaft F 02 B 39/06; arrangements in vehicles, see the relevant classes for vehicles)

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for driving cycles

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for driving propellers

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Combinations of engines with mechanical gearing (F 02 B 61/02, F 02 B 61/04 take precedence)

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Adaptations of engines for driving hand-held tools, electric generators, or pumps; Portable combinations with engine-driven devices

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for hand-held tools

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for electric generators

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for pumps

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Adaptations of engines for other special use; Combinations of engines with other devices, e.g. with non-driven apparatus

Engines with pertinent characteristics other than those provided for in, or of interest apart from, preceding main groups

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Engines characterised by the arrangement of auxiliary apparatus not being otherwise provided for, e.g. the apparatus having different functions; Driving auxiliary apparatus from engines, not otherwise provided for

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of mechanically-driven auxiliary apparatus

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driven by means of chains, belts, or like endless members

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of non-mechanically driven auxiliary apparatus

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of charging or scavenging apparatus [5]

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Internal-combustion engines convertible into other combustion-engine type, not provided for in group F 02 B 11/00; Internal-combustion engines of different types characterised by constructions facilitating use of same main engine-parts in different types

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for different fuel types, other than engines indifferent to fuel consumed, e.g. convertible from light to heavy fuel

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for gaseous and non-gaseous fuels

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for different cycles, e.g. convertible from two-stroke to four-stroke

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Free-piston engines; Engines without rotary main shaft

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Starting

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Adaptations of such engines for special use; Combinations of such engines with apparatus driven thereby (aspects predominantly concerning driven apparatus, see the relevant classes for such apparatus)

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Free-piston combustion gas generators

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Combinations of two or more engines, not otherwise provided for

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Other engines

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Engines characterised by their cycles, e.g. six-stroke

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Engines with variable distances between pistons at top dead-centre positions and cylinder heads

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Engines with means for equalising torque (compensations of inertial forces, suppression of vibration in systems F 16 F)

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Engines with means for preventing corrosion in gas-swept spaces

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Engines with means for rendering exhaust gases innocuous (apparatus for rendering exhaust gases innocuous per se F 01 N 3/08)

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Other methods of operation

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Engines characterised by number of cylinders, e.g. single-cylinder engines (F 02 B 75/26 takes precedence)

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Multi-cylinder engines (scavenging aspects F 02 B 25/00)

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with cylinders all in one line

75/

with cylinders in V-, fan-, or star-arrangement

75/

with cylinders arranged oppositely relative to main shaft and of "flat" type

75/

Engines with cylinder axes coaxial with, or parallel or inclined to, main-shaft axis; Engines with cylinder axes arranged substantially tangentially to a circle centred on main-shaft axis

75/

Engines with two or more pistons reciprocating within same cylinder or within essentially coaxial cylinders (arranged oppositely relative to main shaft F 02 B 75/24)

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with one working piston sliding inside another

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Engines characterised by connections between pistons and main shafts and not specific to preceding main groups

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Ultra-small engines, e.g. for driving models

75/

Engines with parts of combustion- or working-chamber walls resiliently yielding under pressure

75/

Reciprocating-piston engines (F 02 B 75/04 takes precedence; with resiliently-urged auxiliary piston in pre-combustion chamber F 02 B 19/06)

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Other reciprocating-piston engines

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Component parts, details, or accessories, not otherwise provided for

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Surface coverings of combustion-gas-swept parts (of pistons or cylinders only F 02 F)

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Cleaning of, preventing corrosion or erosion in, or preventing unwanted deposits in, combustion engines

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Safety, indicating, or supervising devices (thermal insulation F 02 B 77/11)

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Safety means relating to crankcase explosions

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Thermal or acoustic insulation [3]

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Acoustic insulation [3]

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Engine-driven auxiliary devices combined into units

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Running-in of internal-combustion engines (lubrication thereof F 01 M)

F02B 31/00 - F02B 49/00