B
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  
TRANSPORTING
 B60
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
 B60

Note(s)

In this class, the term "vehicle" means all vehicles except those restricted to one of the following types of vehicles: rail vehicles, waterborne vessels, aircraft, space vehicles, hand carts, cycles, animal-drawn vehicles, and sledges; these types are to be found in the relevant classes B61-B64. Thus, the term "vehicle" embraces vehicular characteristics which are common to more than one of the above-listed types. It also embraces certain characteristics restricted to automobile or road or cross-country trailers. The following exceptions to the above should be noted:

  1. Sub-classes B60B and B60C embrace all vehicle wheels and tyres, except wheels for roller skates A63C 17/22, wheels for model railway vehicles A63H 19/22, and special adaptations of wheels or tyres for aircraft B64C 25/36.
  2. Sub-class B60C embraces the repairing of, and the connection of valves to, inflatable elastic bodies in general, and in this respect it is not limited to vehicles.
  3. Sub-class B60L embraces certain electric equipment of all electrically-propelled vehicles.
  4. Sub-class B60M embraces certain power supply equipment for, but external to, any kind of electrically-propelled vehicle.
  5. Sub-class B60S relates to all kinds of vehicles, except the servicing of rail locomotives B61K 11/00, ground equipment for aircraft B64F, or cleaning apparatus peculiar to waterborne vessels B63B 57/00, B63B 59/00.
  6. Sub-class B60T includes brake control systems of general applicability, and in this respect it is not limited to vehicles. It also includes rail-vehicle power-brake systems and some other features of rail-vehicle brake systems.

 B60K
ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; 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
 B60K

Note(s)

  1. Attention is drawn to the note following the title of class B60.
  2. In this sub-class:
    1. "conjoint control of drive units" includes such control for vehicles or of general applicability; [2]
    2. "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;
    3. "transmission" means all propulsion parts linking propulsion units, e.g. engines, to ultimate propulsive elements, e.g. wheels;
    4. "drive unit" means propulsion unit conjoint with transmission, a "drive unit" can additionally include the ultimate driven unit; [2]
    5. "sub-unit" means, e.g., propulsion unit, clutch, gearing, or brake system. [2]
 B60K 1/00 - 
B60K 9/00
Arrangements or mounting of propulsion units in vehicles (of control devices for such units B60K 26/00; elastic mountings per se F16F; propulsion units or their control per se, see the relevant classes)
 B60K 1/00
Arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units (B60K 7/00 takes precedence; electric transmission arrangements B60K 17/12; of current-collecting means for rail vehicles, road vehicles, or vehicles in general B60L; pure electrical features B60L)
 B60K 1/02
·  comprising more than one electric motor
 B60K 1/04
·  of the electric storage means for propulsion (for auxiliary purposes only B60R)
 B60K 3/00
Arrangements or mounting of steam or gaseous- pressure propulsion units (B60K 7/00 takes precedence; gaseous-pressure transmission arrangements B60K 17/10)
 B60K 3/02
·  of piston type
 B60K 3/04
·  of turbine type
 B60K 5/00
Arrangements or mounting of internal-combustion or jet-propulsion units (B60K 7/00 takes precedence)
 B60K 5/02
·  with the engine main axis, e.g. crankshaft axis, substantially in, or parallel to, the longitudinal centre line of the vehicle
 B60K 5/04
·  with the engine main axis, e.g. crankshaft axis, transversely to the longitudinal centre line of the vehicle
 B60K 5/06
·  ·  with the engine main axis substantially vertical
 B60K 5/08
·  comprising more than one engine
 B60K 5/10
·  providing for ready detachment of engine
 B60K 5/12
·  Arrangement of engine supports
 B60K 7/00
Disposition of motor in, or adjacent to, traction wheel (roller-skate driving mechanisms A63C 17/12)
 B60K 9/00
Arrangements or mounting of propulsion units not provided for in one of the preceding main groups
 B60K 9/02
·  of spring motor
 B60K 9/04
·  of flywheel motor
 B60K 9/06
·  of nuclear power plant
 B60K 11/00 - 
B60K 15/00
Arrangements in connection with cooling, air intake, gas exhaust, or fuel supply, of propulsion units, in vehicles
 B60K 11/00
Arrangements in connection with cooling of propulsion units (heating the interior space B60H; cooling internal combustion engines per se F01P)
 B60K 11/02
·  with liquid cooling
 B60K 11/04
·  ·  Arrangement or mounting of radiators, radiator shutters, or radiator blinds
 B60K 11/06
·  with air cooling
 B60K 11/08
·  Air inlets for cooling; Shutters or blinds therefor
 B60K 13/00
Arrangements in connection with combustion air intake or gas exhaust of propulsion units (forming part of the engine F01N; supplying combustion engines with combustible mixtures or constituents F02M)
 B60K 13/02
·  concerning intake
 B60K 13/04
·  concerning exhaust (extensions for melting snow on roads E01H 5/00, E01H 6/00; exhaust silencers for internal-combustion engines per se F01N)
 B60K 13/06
·  using structural parts of the vehicle as ducts, e.g. frame parts
 B60K 15/00
Arrangements in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines (tanks in general B65D, F17C; supplying combustion engines with combustible mixtures or constituents F02M)
 B60K 15/02
·  concerning liquid-fuel tanks or conduits
 B60K 15/04
·  ·  concerning tank inlets
 B60K 15/06
·  ·  concerning fuel reserve systems
 B60K 15/08
·  concerning gas tanks or conduits
 B60K 15/10
·  concerning gas-producing plants (gas-producing plants per se C10J)
 B60K 17/00 - 
B60K 23/00
Arrangements or mounting of transmissions or their control in vehicles (torque-transmitting axles B60B; combined transmission and steering gear for steering non-deflectable wheels B62D)
 B60K 17/00
Arrangements or mounting of transmissions in vehicles  [2]
 B60K 17/02
·  characterised by arrangement, location, or kind of clutch
 B60K 17/04
·  characterised by arrangement, location, or kind of gearing (pure electrical features B60L)
 B60K 17/06
·  ·  of change-speed gearing (B60K 17/10-B60K 17/16 take precedence; gearing in general F16H)  [2]
 B60K 17/08
·  ·  ·  of mechanical type
 B60K 17/10
·  ·  of fluid gearing (of fluid clutches B60K 17/02)
 B60K 17/12
·  ·  of electric gearing (of electrically-actuated clutches B60K 17/02)
 B60K 17/14
·  ·  the motor of fluid or electric gearing being disposed in, or adjacent to, traction wheel (B60K 7/00 takes precedence)
 B60K 17/16
·  ·  of differential gearing
 B60K 17/18
·  ·  ·  in which the differential movement is obtained by resilient means
 B60K 17/20
·  ·  ·  in which the differential movement is limited
 B60K 17/22
·  characterised by arrangement, location, or type of main drive shafting, e.g. cardan shaft
 B60K 17/24
·  ·  Arrangement of mountings for shafting
 B60K 17/26
·  characterised by arrangement, location, or type of freewheel device
 B60K 17/28
·  characterised by arrangement, location, or type of power take-off
 B60K 17/30
·  the ultimate propulsive elements, e.g. ground wheels, being steerable
 B60K 17/32
·  the ultimate propulsive elements, e.g. ground wheels, being rockable about a horizontal pivot
 B60K 17/34
·  for driving both front and rear wheels
 B60K 17/36
·  for driving tandem wheels
 B60K 20/00
Arrangements or mounting of change-speed gearing control devices in vehicles (B60K 41/00 takes precedence; such control devices per se F16H)  [2]
 B60K 20/02
·  of initiating means (control mechanisms in general G05G)  [2]
 B60K 20/04
·  ·  floor-mounted  [2]
 B60K 20/06
·  ·  mounted on steering column or the like  [2]
 B60K 20/08
·  ·  dashboard-mounted  [2]
 B60K 20/10
·  Transmitting means between initiating means and gearing, e.g. power assisted  [2]
 B60K 20/12
·  ·  mechanical  [2]
 B60K 20/14
·  ·  fluid  [2]
 B60K 20/16
·  ·  electrical  [2]
 B60K 23/00
Arrangements or mounting of control devices for vehicle transmissions, or parts thereof, not otherwise provided for (B60K 41/00 takes precedence; such control devices per se F16D, F16H)  [2]
 B60K 23/02
·  for main transmission clutches
 B60K 23/04
·  for differential gearing
 B60K 23/06
·  for freewheel devices
 B60K 23/08
·  for changing number of driven wheels
 B60K 25/00
Auxiliary drives (driving tyre-inflating pumps B60C; driving engine auxiliaries F02B)
 B60K 25/02
·  directly from an engine shaft
 B60K 25/04
·  from static or dynamic pressure or vacuum, developed by the engine
 B60K 25/06
·  from the transmission power take-off (transmissions having power take-off B60K 17/28)
 B60K 25/08
·  from a ground wheel, e.g. engaging the wheel tread or rim
 B60K 25/10
·  from oscillating movements due to vehicle running motion, e.g. suspension movement
 B60K 26/00
Arrangements or mounting of propulsion-unit control devices in vehicles  [2]
 B60K 26/02
·  of initiating means or elements  [2]
 B60K 26/04
·  of means connecting initiating means or elements to propulsion unit  [2]
 B60K 28/00
Safety devices for propulsion-unit control specially adapted for, or arranged in, vehicles, e.g. preventing fuel supply or ignition in case of open doors, absence or incapacity of driver  [2]
 B60K 31/00
Vehicle fittings for automatically controlling, e.g. limiting, vehicle speed (B60K 41/00 takes precedence; propulsion-unit control per se, see the relevant classes; speedometers G01P; systems or devices for controlling speed in general G05D 13/00)  [2]
 B60K 35/00 - 
B60K 37/00
Arrangements or adaptations of instruments specially for vehicles; Dashboards
 B60K 35/00
Arrangements or adaptations of instruments (arrangements on dashboard B60K 37/02)
 B60K 37/00
Dashboards (as road-vehicle superstructure sub-unit B62D)
 B60K 37/02
·  Relative arrangements of instruments (devices for lighting dashboards B60Q)
 B60K 37/04
·  Relative arrangements of fittings on dashboard (of instruments B60K 37/02)
 B60K 37/06
·  ·  of controls, e.g. control knobs
 B60K 39/00
( covered by B63G, B63H, B64B, B64C, G05D 1/00 )
 B60K 41/00
Conjoint control of drive units; Conjoint control of at least two sub-units thereof (control of a single sub-unit, see the relevant classes; see also these classes for control of a single sub-unit by means of signals from other sub-units)  [2]
 B60K 41/02
·  of propulsion unit and clutch  [2]
 B60K 41/04
·  of propulsion unit and gearing  [2]
 B60K 41/06
·  ·  the gearing being stepped  [2]
 B60K 41/08
·  ·  ·  with interruption of the drive  [2]
 B60K 41/10
·  ·  ·  without interruption of the drive  [2]
 B60K 41/12
·  ·  the gearing being infinitely variable  [2]
 B60K 41/14
·  ·  ·  of mechanical type  [2]
 B60K 41/16
·  ·  ·  of fluid type  [2]
 B60K 41/18
·  ·  ·  of electric type, e.g. electromagnetic  [2]
 B60K 41/20
·  of propulsion unit and brake system  [2]
 B60K 41/22
·  of clutch and gearing  [2]
 B60K 41/24
·  of clutch and brake system  [2]
 B60K 41/26
·  of gearing and brake system  [2]
 B60K 41/28
·  of three or more sub-units  [2]