IPC 7 English version B62M !A-B62M 29/02

B62M-B62M02902

SECTION B – PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

B 62

LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS

B 62 M

RIDER PROPULSION OF WHEELED VEHICLES OR SLEDGES; POWERED PROPULSION OF SLEDGES OR CYCLES; TRANSMISSIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SUCH VEHICLES (arrangements or mounting of transmissions in vehicles in general B60K; transmission elements per se F16)

Note

In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:

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"transmission" means all parts between the prime mover or the part to which a rider immediately applies propulsive effort, e.g. pedal cranks, and a driven ground wheel.

Subclass Index

PROPULSION

Of wheeled vehicles by hand or foot: kinds of mechanisms; construction of propulsion cranks or levers

B62M 1/00; B62M 3/00, B62M 5/00

Of single-track vehicles by motor, characterised by position of engine

B62M 7/00

Of sledges or the like

B62M 27/00

Of wheeled vehicles or sledges, by ground-engaging means not otherwise provided for

B62M 29/00

TRANSMISSIONS

Characterised by rigid mechanical parts thereof

chain or belt; toothed or friction wheel; friction roller

B62M 9/00; B62M 11/00; B62M 13/00

crankshaft or coupling- rods; rotary shaft

B62M 15/00; B62M 17/00

Characterised by non-mechanical or non-rigid parts thereof

B62M 19/00, B62M 21/00, B62M 23/00

Gearing speed-change actuators

B62M 25/00

Rider propulsion of wheeled vehicles (propulsion by ground-engaging rods B62M 29/02)

Rider propulsion of wheeled vehicles

with rotary cranks, e.g. with pedal cranks (cranks per se B62M 3/00; immobilisable as foot-rests B62M 5/00)

with reciprocating levers, e.g. foot levers (immobilisable as foot-rests B62M 5/00)

driving a rotary crankshaft connected to driven axle other than by coupling-rods

directly driving a ratchet wheel on driven axle

involving devices which enable the storing and releasing of energy occasionally, e.g. arrangement of flywheels

operated both by hand and by foot

exclusively by hand power (hand cranks per se B62M 3/00)

by means of a to-and-fro movable handle-bar

by movement of rider's saddle

with additional rider propulsion means

Construction of cranks operated by hand or foot

of adjustable length

automatically adjusting

with elliptical or other non-circular rotary movement

Pedals

All-metal pedals

with reflectors

Hand-grips for hand-operated cranks

Accessories

Foot-driven levers as pedal cranks which can be immobilised as foot-rests (immobilising against theft B62H 5/10)

Motorcycles or cycles with auxiliary engines characterised by position of engine (frames characterised by position of engine B62K 11/00; internal-combustion engines per se F02B; kick-starter mechanisms or the like F02N)

with engine between front and rear wheels

below the frame

directly under the saddle or seat

with the engine over the rear wheel

with the engine over the front wheel

with the engine beside or within the driven wheel

with the engine on an auxiliary wheeled unit, e.g. trailer, sidecar (trailers B60P, B62D; sidecars B62K 27/00)

Transmissions

Transmissions characterised by use of an endless chain, belt, or the like (cycle chain guards B62J 13/00)

of unchangeable ratio

of changeable ratio

using a single chain, belt, or the like

involving eccentrically-mounted or elliptically-shaped driving or driven wheel; with expansible driving or driven wheel

involving different-sized wheels selectively engaged by the chain, belt, or the like

the chain, belt, or the like being laterally shiftable

the wheels being laterally shiftable

Tensioning or adjusting equipment for chains, belts, or the like

11/

Transmissions characterised by use of interengaging toothed wheels or frictionally-engaging wheels (with roller engaging the periphery of ground wheel B62M 13/00)

11/

of unchangeable ratio

11/

of changeable ratio

11/

with spur gear wheels (B62M 11/14 takes precedence)

11/

with bevel gear wheels (B62M 11/14 takes precedence)

11/

with frictionally-engaging wheels (B62M 11/14 takes precedence)

11/

with planetary gears

11/

built in, or adjacent to, the ground-wheel hub

11/

with a plurality of planetary gear units

13/

Transmissions characterised by use of friction roller engaging the periphery of the ground wheel

13/

with changeable ratio, e.g. with roller of varying diameter

13/

with means for moving roller into driving contact with ground wheel

15/

Transmission characterised by use of crankshafts and coupling-rods

17/

Transmissions characterised by use of rotary shaft, e.g. cardan shaft

19/

Transmissions characterised by use of non-mechanical gearing, e.g. fluid gearing

21/

Transmissions characterised by use of resilient elements therein

23/

Transmissions characterised by use of other elements; Other transmissions

23/

characterised by the use of two or more dissimilar sources of power, e.g. engine and pedal

25/

Actuators for gearing speed-change mechanisms specially adapted for cycles (rider-operated controls for cycles in general B62K 23/00; gearing speed-change mechanisms F16H)

25/

with mechanical transmitting systems, e.g. cables, levers

25/

hand actuated

25/

foot actuated

25/

with electrical or fluid transmitting systems

27/

Propulsion devices for sledges or the like (pushed or pulled by persons or animals B62B, B62C; wind propulsion B62B 15/00)

27/

power driven

29/

Ground-engaging propulsion devices for cycles, sledges, or rider-propelled wheeled vehicles, not otherwise provided for

29/

using ground-engaging rods