IPC 7 English version
B63G-B63G01302

SECTION B – PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING


B 63SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT


B 63 GOFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS (means of attack or defence in general, e.g. turrets, F41H)


Subclass Index

OFFENSIVE OR DEFENSIVE INSTALLATIONS OR ARRANGEMENTS 

Guns, missile launchers 

B63G 1/00 

Launching torpedoes; defence against torpedoes 

B63G 5/00; B63G 9/00 

Defence or attack against sub- marines, by depth charges or otherwise 

B63G 6/00, B63G 9/00 

Mines: laying; sweeping; other defence 

B63G 6/00; B63G 7/00; B63G 9/00 

Other defensive or offensive arrangements 

B63G 13/00 

Ammunition handling or storing 

B63G 3/00 

SUBMARINES; AIRCRAFT CARRIERS 

B63G 8/00; B63G 11/00 



1/

00Arrangements of guns or missile launchers; Vessels characterised thereby (submarines B63G 8/00; guns, missile launchers F41)


3/

00Arrangements of ammunition stores or handlers (specially for submarines B63G 8/00; feeding ammunition missiles or projectiles to guns in general F41A 9/00); Vessels characterised thereby (general cargo aspects B63B)

3/

02.for torpedoes

3/

04.for missiles

3/

06.for mines or depth charges


5/

00Vessels characterised by adaptation to torpedo-launching (submarines B63G 8/00; torpedo-launching per se F41F 3/00)


6/

00Laying of mines or depth charges; Vessels characterised thereby (arrangements on submarines for mine-laying B63G 8/33) [2]


7/

00Mine-sweeping; Vessels characterised thereby

7/

02.Mine-sweeping means; Means for destroying mines

7/

04..by means of cables

7/

06..of electromagnetic type

7/

08..of acoustic type


8/

00Underwater vessels, e.g. submarines (submarine hulls B63B 3/13; diving chambers with mechanical link, e.g. cable, to a base B63C 11/34; divers' sleds B63C 11/46; torpedoes F42B 19/00)

8/

04.Superstructure

8/

06..Conning-towers

8/

08.Propulsion (nuclear propulsion B63H 21/18; submerged exhausting apparatus F01N 7/12; propulsion power plants or units per se, see the relevant classes)

8/

10..using steam plant

8/

12..using internal-combustion engines

8/

14.Control of attitude or depth (of torpedoes F42B 19/00)

8/

16..by direct use of propellers or jets

8/

18..by hydroplanes

8/

20..Steering equipment (B63G 8/16, B63G 8/18 take precedence; steering of vessels in general B63H 25/00)  [2]

8/

22..Adjustment of buoyancy by water ballasting; Emptying equipment for ballast tanks (stabilising vessels using ballast tanks B63B 43/06)

8/

24..Automatic depth adjustment; Safety equipment for increasing buoyancy, e.g. detachable ballast, floating bodies

8/

26..Trimming equipment

8/

28.Arrangement of offensive or defensive equipment

8/

30..of artillery or missile-launching means

8/

32..of torpedo-launching means (torpedo-launching means per se F41F 3/00); of torpedo stores or handlers  [2]

8/

33..of mine-laying means (mine-laying vessels other than submarines B63G 6/00)  [2]

8/

34..Camouflage (for other vessels B63G 13/02; in general F41H 3/00)

8/

36.Adaptations of ventilation, cooling, heating, or air-conditioning (reconditioning air in sealed chambers A62B 11/00; for vessels in general B63J 2/00; air-conditioning in general F24F)

8/

38.Arrangement of visual or electronic watch equipment, e.g. of periscopes, of radar

8/

39.Arrangements of sonic watch equipment, e.g. low-frequency, sonar

8/

40.Rescue equipment for personnel (life-saving in water, not specially adapted for submarine personnel B63C)

8/

41..Capsules, chambers, water-tight boats, or the like, detachable from the submarine  [2]

8/

42.Towed underwater vessels  [2]


9/

00Other offensive or defensive arrangements on vessels against submarines, torpedoes, or mines

9/

02.Means for protecting vessels against torpedo attack (armoured hulls B63B 3/10)

9/

04..Nets or the like (net barriers for harbour defence F41H 11/00)

9/

06.for degaussing vessels (demagnetising in general H01F 13/00)


11/

00Aircraft carriers, i.e. warships equipped with a flight deck on which airplanes can be launched and landed and with a hangar deck for servicing airplanes (other vessels or floating structures for aircraft B63B 35/50; aircraft-carrier-deck installations B64F 1/00)


13/

00Other offensive or defensive arrangements on vessels; Vessels characterised thereby

13/

02.Camouflage (for submarines B63G 8/34; in general F41H 3/00)  [2]