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

Note(s)

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

 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 (manufacture B29); 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. In this subclass, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:
    • "tyre" means a separate ground engaging, continuous element outside the periphery of the wheel rim and includes the tyre casing, cover, or jacket and any insert, e.g. inner tube. In the groups relating to repair or connection of valves, the term "tyre" also includes inflatable elastic bodies other than tyres or inner tubes.
  2. Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class B60.

 B60D
VEHICLE CONNECTIONS (components of 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 VEHICLES (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. This subclass covers only arrangements or adaptations of windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors, or similar devices, which are peculiar to their use on vehicles.
  2. This subclass does not cover such devices of further-reaching applicability, irrespective of whether described or claimed only for vehicles, which are covered by subclass E06B.
  3. Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class B60.

 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. In this subclass, the following terms or expressions are used with the meanings indicated:
    • "conjoint control of drive units" includes such control for vehicles or of general applicability; [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;
    • "transmission" means all propulsion parts linking propulsion units, e.g. engines, to ultimate propulsive elements, e.g. wheels;
    • "drive unit" means propulsion unit conjoint with transmission; a "drive unit" can additionally include the ultimate driven unit; [2]
    • "sub-unit" means, e.g., propulsion unit, clutch, gearing, or brake system. [2]
  2. Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class B60.

 B60L
ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR 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; arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units in vehicles B60K 1/00; arrangements or mounting of electric gearing in vehicles B60K 17/12, B60K 17/14; auxiliary drives on vehicles B60K 25/00; 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)  [4]
 B60L

Note(s)

This subclass covers, subject to the references following the title of the subclass:

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


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

Note(s)

This subclass covers:

  • overhead, overground, or underground power-supply lines; their crossings and points, erection and supervision;
  • devices along rails and rail joints, for current-conduction and for insulation;
  • 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 (arrangements of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof, for rail vehicles B61D, for cycles B62J, for ships B63B, for aircraft B64D; lighting in general, lighting devices per se F21, H05B; signalling in general G08; electric switches per se H01H)  [4]
 B60Q

Note(s)

  1. This subclass covers also:
    • electric signalling or lighting circuits so far as specially arranged in vehicles;
    • arrangements or adaptations of lighting switches or signal-initiating means.
  2. Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class B60.

 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 brake systems for vehicles, in general B60L; brakes per se, i.e. devices where braking effect occurs, including ultimate brake actuators, F16D)
 B60T

Note(s)

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

  • "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)

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

  • "air-cushion vehicles" includes all vehicles which are wholly or partly supported on land or water by air or other gaseous cushions.