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.

 B60B
VEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION
 B60B

Note(s)

Attention is drawn to the note following the title of class B60.


 B60C
VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING OR REPAIRING; REPAIRING, OR CONNECTING VALVES TO, INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
 B60C

Note(s)

  1. Attention is drawn to the note following the title of class B60.
  2. The term "tyre" is defined as a separate ground-engaging and continuous element surrounding the wheel rim and includes the tyre cover or jacket and any insert, e.g. tube. In the groups relating to repairing, and connection of valves, the term "tyre" is used to include other inflatable elastic bodies.

 B60D
VEHICLE CONNECTIONS (components of power brake systems B60T 17/04)
 B60D

Note(s)

Attention is drawn to the note following the title of class B60.


 B60F
VEHICLES FOR USE BOTH ON RAIL AND ON ROAD; AMPHIBIOUS OR LIKE VEHICLES; CONVERTIBLE VEHI- CLES (air-cushion vehicles B60V)

 B60G
VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS (air-cushion vehicles B60V)
 B60G

Note(s)

Attention is drawn to the note following the title of class B60.


 B60H
ARRANGEMENTS OR ADAPTATIONS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING, OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES
 B60H

Note(s)

Attention is drawn to the note following the title of class B60.


 B60J
WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; PROTECTIVE COVERINGS FOR VEHICLES NOT IN USE (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05)
 B60J

Note(s)

  1. Attention is drawn to the note following the title of class B60.
  2. The following elaborations for windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors, or similar devices are to be understood as restricted to arrangements or adaptations peculiar to the use on vehicles. Such devices of further-reaching applicability, irrespective of whether described or claimed only for vehicles, are classified in sub-class E06B.

 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]

 B60L
ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (electric coupling devices combined with mechanical couplings of vehicles B60D 1/08; electric heating for vehicles B60H; transmitting drive from electric motors to ultimate propulsive elements in vehicles B60K; disposition of electric propulsion equipment, other than current-collectors, in vehicles B60K; auxiliary generator drives on vehicles B60K; lighting for vehicles B60Q; vehicle brake control systems in general B60T; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C; railway track circuits in general B61L; lighting in general F21, H05B; switches in general H01H; coupling devices for electric connections in general H01R; dynamo-electric machines H02K; electric converters H02M; starting, controlling, braking of electric machines or converters in general H02P; electric heating in general H05B)
 B60L

Note(s)

This sub-classes deals, subject to the above references, with:

  1. feeding of power to auxiliary circuits;
  2. current-collectors; arrangements thereof on rail or road vehicles or on vehicles in general;
  3. electrodynamic brake systems;
  4. electric propulsion of vehicles; control and regulation therefor.


 B60M
POWER SUPPLY LINES, AND DEVICES ALONG RAILS, FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (control of points and safety arrangements along railway lines B61L; construction of rails and points in general E01B)
 B60M

Note(s)

This sub-class deals with:

  1. overhead, overground, or underground power-supply lines; their crossings and points, erection and supervision;
  2. devices along rails and rail joints, for current-conduction and for insulation;
  3. safety devices along the route against earth currents and inductive interference with nearby communication lines.


 B60N
VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (furniture construction A47)
 B60N

Note(s)

Attention is drawn to the note following the title of class B60.


 B60P
VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS
 B60P

Note(s)

Attention is drawn to the note following the title of class B60.


 B60Q
VEHICLE LIGHTING OR SIGNALLING (signal or lighting devices specially adapted for cycles B62J; lighting in general F21, H05B; signalling in general G08; electric switches per se H01H)
 B60Q

Note(s)

  1. Attention is drawn to the note following the title of class B60.
  2. This sub-class also includes electric signalling or lighting circuits so far as specially arranged in vehicles. It also includes arrangements or adaptations of lighting switches or signal-initiating means.

 B60R
VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
 B60R

Note(s)

Attention is drawn to the note following the title of class B60.


 B60S
SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
 B60S

Note(s)

Attention is drawn to the note following the title of class B60.


 B60T
VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS, OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL (electrodynamic braking B60L; brakes per se, i.e. devices where braking effect occurs, including ultimate brake actuators, F16D)
 B60T

Note(s)

In this sub-classe, the term "brake control systems" includes brake control systems for vehicles or of general applicability.


 B60V
AIR-CUSHION VEHICLES (devices for short-distance movement of heavy loads by providing a high-pressure fluid cushion, supplied from an independent source, between load and ground B65G 7/06)
 B60V

Note(s)

The term "air-cushion vehicles" in this sub-class includes all vehicles which are wholly or partly supported on land or water by air or other gaseous cushions.