|  | B |
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING

|  | B01 - B07 |
Subsection index
LIQUID/LIQUID, LIQUID/GAS OR GAS/GAS SEPARATION |
Method |
General operations | B01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
Apparatus |
General operations | B01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
SOLID/LIQUID OR SOLID/GAS SEPARATION |
Method |
General operations | B01D
by centrifugal force | B01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
Apparatus |
General operations | B01D
by centrifugal force | B01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
SOLID/SOLID SEPARATION |
Method |
Dry methods |
material in bulk | B07B
Individual sorting | B07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sorting | B07B
using pneumatic tables or jigs | B03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
by centrifugal force | B07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B07B
Wet methods |
General operations | B03B
flotation, differential sedimentation | B03D
screening | B07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methods | B03B
Apparatus |
Dry methods |
material in bulk | B07B
Individual sorting | B07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sorting | B07B
using pneumatic tables or jigs | B03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effect | B03C
by centrifugal force | B07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatus | B04B, B04C
Wet methods |
General operations | B03B
flotation, differential sedimentation | B03D
screening | B07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methods | B03B

TRANSPORTING

|  | B60 |
VEHICLES IN GENERAL

|  | B60 |
Note(s) In this class, the following term is used with the meaning indicated: "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, which are covered by the relevant subclasses of Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61-B64. Thus the term "vehicle" includes: vehicular characteristics which are common to more than one of the above-listed types; certain characteristics restricted to automobiles, road or cross-country trailers. The following exceptions to the above should be noted: subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60B or Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C embrace all vehicle wheels and tyres, except wheels for roller skates Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63C 17/22, wheels for model railway vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A63H 19/22, and special adaptations of wheels or tyres for aircraft Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B64C 25/36; subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C embraces the connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies in general, and in this respect it is not limited to vehicles; subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60L embraces certain electric equipment of all electrically-propelled vehicles; subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60M embraces certain power supply equipment for, but external to, any kind of electrically-propelled vehicle; subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60R embraces safety belts or body harnesses used in all types of land vehicles; [4] subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60S relates to all kinds of vehicles, except the servicing of rail locomotives Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61K 11/00, ground equipment for aircraft Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B64F, or cleaning apparatus peculiar to waterborne vessels Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 57/00, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B 59/00; subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60.

|  | B60B |
Subclass index
WHEELS |
General structure | 1/00, 3/00
Characterised by the material | 5/00
Ornamental characteristics | 7/00
Particular structures: highly- resilient; multiple or multi-tyred; adhesion-increasing; rail-engaging | 9/00; 11/00; 15/00; 17/00
Component parts |
spokes; rims | 1/00; 21/00, 23/00, 25/00
hubs | 27/00
Other wheels | 19/00
AXLES; WHEEL-AXLE COMBINATIONS | 35/00; 37/00
INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION, OTHERWISE THAN BY WHEEL STRUCTURE | 39/00
MOUNTING, HOLDING OR ASSEMBLING WHEELS | 29/00, 30/00, 31/00
CASTORS IN GENERAL | 33/00

|  | B60C |
VEHICLE TYRES (manufacture, repairing Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B29); TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES (testing of tyres Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G01M 17/02) [5]

|  | B60C |
Note(s) 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 group Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60C 29/00, relating to connection of valves, the term "tyre" also includes inflatable elastic bodies other than tyres or inner tubes. Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60.

|  | B60C |
Subclass index
TYRES |
Characterised by material | 1/00
Characterised by transverse section | 3/00
General structure | 5/00, 7/00, 19/00
Parts; reinforcements; treads; walls; beads; other parts | 9/00; 11/00; 13/00; 15/00; 19/00
Particular devices | 17/00, 27/00
MOUNTING, INFLATION |
Inflating devices, pressure or temperature control | 23/00, 29/00
Apparatus or tools | 25/00
SUBJECT MATTER NOT PROVIDED FOR IN OTHER GROUPS OF THIS SUBCLASS | 99/00

|  | B60D |
VEHICLE CONNECTIONS (components of brake systems Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60T 17/04)

|  | B60D |
Note(s) Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60.

|  | B60F |
VEHICLES FOR USE BOTH ON RAIL AND ON ROAD; AMPHIBIOUS OR LIKE VEHICLES; CONVERTIBLE VEHICLES (air-cushion vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60V)

|  | B60G |
VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS (air-cushion vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60V; connections between vehicle bodies and vehicle frames Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B62D 24/00) [5]

|  | B60G |
Note(s) Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60.

|  | B60G |
Subclass index
RIGID SUSPENSION | 1/00
RESILIENT SUSPENSION |
General structures |
for single wheels; single sets of tandem wheels; pivoted suspension arms and accessories therefor | 3/00; 5/00; 7/00
for rigid axle or axle housing for two or more wheels | 9/00
Characterised by arrangement, location, or kind of: springs; vibration-dampers; or combined springs and dampers | 11/00; 13/00; 15/00
Characterised by adjustment | 17/00
SUSPENSIONS WITH MEANS FOR SENSING GROUND UNEVENNESS | 23/00
INTERCONNECTED SYSTEMS FOR RESILIENTLY-SUSPENDED WHEELS | 21/00
OTHER SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS | 25/00

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60.

|  | B60J |
WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E05)

|  | B60J |
Note(s) Windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors, or similar devices which are of general applicability, irrespective of whether described or claimed only for vehicles, are also classified in subclass Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...E06B. Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60.

|  | B60K |
ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS; AUXILIARY DRIVES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST, OR FUEL SUPPLY, OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES [1,8]

|  | B60K |
Note(s) In this subclass, the following terms or expressions are used with the meanings indicated: "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. Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60.

|  | B60K |
Subclass index
ARRANGEMENTS OF PROPULSION UNITS |
Electric; steam or gas; internal-combustion or jet-propulsion; plural diverse prime-movers | 1/00; 3/00; 5/00; 6/00
Motor incorporated in, or adjacent to, traction wheel | 7/00
Other kinds | 8/00
Arrangements of control devices | 26/00
Safety devices | 28/00
ARRANGEMENT OF TRANSMISSIONS OR OF THEIR CONTROL DEVICES | 17/00, 23/00
ARRANGEMENT OF CHANGE-SPEED GEARING CONTROL DEVICES | 20/00
ARRANGEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST, OR FUEL SUPPLY, OF PROPULSION UNITS | 11/00, 13/00, 15/00
ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH POWER SUPPLY FROM FORCE OF NATURE | 16/00
AUXILIARY DRIVES | 25/00
KINDS OF CONTROL |
Fittings for automatically controlling vehicle speed | 31/00
INSTRUMENTATION, DASHBOARDS | 35/00, 37/00

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60D 1/62; electric heating for vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60H; arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units in vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60K 1/00; arrangements or mounting of electric gearing in vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60K 17/12, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60K 17/14; auxiliary drives on vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60K 25/00; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60Q; vehicle brake control systems in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60T; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61C; railway track circuits in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61L; lighting in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F21, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H05B; switches in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01H; coupling devices for electric connections in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01R; dynamo-electric machines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H02K; electric converters Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H02M; starting, controlling, braking of electric machines or converters in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H02P; electric heating in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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.

|  | B60L |
Subclass index
ELECTRIC PROPULSION |
With external or internal supply | 8/00 - 11/00
For monorail vehicles, suspension vehicles or rack railways; Magnetic suspension or levitation for vehicles | 13/00
Control | 15/00
CURRENT-COLLECTORS | 5/00
ELECTRIC SUPPLY TO AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT | 1/00
SAFETY ARRANGEMENTS | 3/00
ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKING | 7/00

|  | B60M |
POWER SUPPLY LINES, OR DEVICES ALONG RAILS, FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (control of points or safety arrangements along railway lines Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61L; construction of rails or points in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A47)

|  | B60N |
Note(s) Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60.

|  | B60P |
VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for transporting patients or disabled persons, or their personal conveyances Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A61G 3/00)

|  | B60P |
Note(s) Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60.

|  | B60Q |
ARRANGEMENT OF SIGNALLING OR LIGHTING DEVICES, THE MOUNTING OR SUPPORTING THEREOF OR CIRCUITS THEREFOR, FOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL (arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof, for rail vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B61D, for cycles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B62J, for ships Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B63B, for aircraft Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B64D; lighting in general, lighting devices per se Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F21, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H05B; signalling in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...G08; electric switches per se Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...H01H) [4]

|  | B60Q |
Note(s) This subclass covers also arrangement or adaptation of lighting switches or signal-initiating means for vehicles. [1,7] Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60.

|  | B60Q |
Subclass index
LIGHTING |
Interior | 3/00
Other | 1/00
SIGNALLING |
Visual | 1/00
Acoustic | 5/00
Portable emergency devices | 7/00
Other | 9/00, 11/00

|  | B60R |
VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for vehicles Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...A62C 3/07)

|  | B60R |
Note(s) Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60.

|  | B60R |
Subclass index
VEHICLES OR VEHICLE PARTS OR ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR | 16/00, 27/00
ARRANGEMENTS |
Of optical viewing means | 1/00
Of steps or ladders | 3/00
ARRANGEMENTS OR ADAPTATIONS |
Of electric installations not otherwise provided for; of sanitation devices | 16/00; 15/00
For advertising | 13/00
Of lubricating systems or devices | 17/00
ARRANGEMENTS OF FITTINGS FOR HOLDING OR CARRYING LUGGAGE OR OTHER ARTICLES | 5/00 - 11/00
PROTECTION OR SECURITY |
Arrangements concerning the vehicle or passengers; safety belts or body harnesses; anti- theft arrangements | 19/00, 21/00; 22/00; 25/00
BODY-FINISHING ELEMENTS | 13/00
OTHER VEHICLE FITTINGS | 27/00

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60.

|  | B60S |
Subclass index
CLEANING | 1/00, 3/00
SERVICING, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR | 5/00
LIFTING OR MANOEUVRING |
Devices integral with, or separate from, vehicle | 9/00, 13/00
Vehicle modifications to receive separate devices | 11/00

|  | B60T |
VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL (electrodynamic brake systems for vehicles, in general Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60L; conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function, road vehicle drive control systems for purposes other than the control of a particular sub-unit Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60W; brakes per se, i.e. devices where braking effect occurs, including ultimate brake actuators, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16D); ARRANGEMENT OF BRAKING ELEMENTS ON VEHICLES IN GENERAL; PORTABLE DEVICES FOR PREVENTING UNWANTED MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES; VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO FACILITATE COOLING OF BRAKES [1,8]

|  | 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.

|  | B60T |
Subclass index
IMMOBILISATION |
Portable devices | 3/00
BRAKING |
Kind of braking and corresponding arrangements | 1/00
Vehicle modifications for cooling brakes | 5/00
Kinds of brake control |
initating means; varying braking force or its distribution according to road or load conditions | 7/00; 8/00
continuous braking | 10/00
transmission of control between initiating means and brakes | 11/00, 13/00
Parts or accessories for fluid-pressure brake control: |
valve structure, disposition, and operation | 15/00
other parts or accessories | 17/00

|  | 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 Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...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.

|  | B60W |
CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT [8]

|  | B60W |
Note(s) This subclass does not cover the control of a single sub-unit; such control is classified in the relevant place for the sub-unit, e.g. Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F02D, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16H. Where a single sub-unit is controlled by means of signals or commands from other sub-units, the control of this single sub-unit is classified in the relevant place for this sub-unit. For example, the control of variable-ratio gearing by means of signals from the engine or the accelerator is classified in the subclass for gearing, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16H. [8] Conjoint control of driveline units, e.g. engines, and variable-ratio gearing occurring only transiently during ratio shift and being also characterised by the control of the gearing is also classified in the subclass for gearing, Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...F16H. [8] In groups Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60W 20/00-B60W 50/00, the first place priority rule is applied, i.e. at each hierarchical level, classification is made in the first appropriate place. [8] When classifying in group Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60W 10/00, classification must also be made in groups Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...Fulltext... Hierarchy... Expanded...B60W 20/00-B60W 50/00 in order to identify the purpose or use of the control. [8] In this subclass, the following terms are used with the meanings indicated: [8] "conjoint control" means that a programmed or condition-responsive automatic controller on board the vehicle, embodying control logic for vehicle sub-units of different type or different function, sends control signals to actuators of two or more vehicle sub-units, so that the sub-units act together to solve a particular problem or in response to a particular driving condition; [8] "drive control system" means an electronic system in a road vehicle for automatically controlling the movement of that vehicle in order to take certain actions; [8] "road vehicle" means a vehicle normally under the control of a human driver for transportation on roads, e.g. an automobile, truck or bus; [8] "sub-unit" means one of the following vehicle systems: propulsion system, clutch system, change-speed gearing system, system for distributing drive torque between front and rear axles, axle differential system, brake system, steering system, suspension system, energy storage means, fuel cells or auxiliary equipment. [8]