B
SECTION B — PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
 B01 - 
B07
Subsection index
LIQUID/LIQUID, LIQUID/GAS OR GAS/GAS SEPARATION
Method
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
Apparatus
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal force, using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
SOLID/LIQUID OR SOLID/GAS SEPARATION
Method
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal forceB01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB01D
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
Apparatus
General operationsB01D
by centrifugal forceB01D
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
using magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
SOLID/SOLID SEPARATION
Method
Dry methods
material in bulkB07B
Individual sortingB07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sortingB07B
using pneumatic tables or jigsB03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
by centrifugal forceB07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB07B
Wet methods
General operationsB03B
flotation, differential sedimentationB03D
screeningB07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methodsB03B
Apparatus
Dry methods
material in bulkB07B
Individual sortingB07C
Screening, sifting, pneumatic sortingB07B
using pneumatic tables or jigsB03B
by magnetic or electrostatic effectB03C
by centrifugal forceB07B
using centrifuges or free-vortex apparatusB04B, B04C
Wet methods
General operationsB03B
flotation, differential sedimentationB03D
screeningB07B
Combinations Dry methods - wet methodsB03B
  
TRANSPORTING
 B60
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
 B60

Note(s)

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

 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)

  1. 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.
  2. Attention is drawn to the Note following the title of class 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
 B60K 1/00 - 
B60K 8/00
Arrangement or mounting of propulsion units in vehicles  [2]
P:70 B60K 1/00
Arrangement or mounting of electrical propulsion units (B60K 7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K 6/00; electric transmission arrangements B60K 17/04; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles per se B60L; current-collectors for power supply lines of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L 5/00)  [5]
 B60K 1/04
·  of the electric storage means for propulsion (for auxiliary purposes only B60R 16/04; supplying batteries to, or removing batteries from, vehicles B60S 5/00)  [6]
P:90 B60K 3/00
Arrangement or mounting of steam or gaseous- pressure propulsion units (B60K 7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K 6/00; gaseous-pressure transmission arrangements B60K 17/10)  [5]
P:80 B60K 5/00
Arrangement or mounting of internal-combustion or jet-propulsion units (B60K 7/00 takes precedence; arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion B60K 6/00)  [5]
 B60K 5/12
·  Arrangement of engine supports
P:50 B60K 6/00
Arrangement or mounting of plural diverse prime-movers for mutual or common propulsion, e.g. hybrid propulsion systems comprising electric motors and internal combustion engines  [5]
 B60K 6/00

Note(s)

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

  • "prime-mover" means a propulsion unit or source of motive power providing a mechanical output, e.g. via a rotating shaft. [2009.01]

P:60 B60K 7/00
Disposition of motor in, or adjacent to, traction wheel (roller-skate driving mechanisms A63C 17/00)
P:100 B60K 8/00
Arrangement or mounting of propulsion units not provided for in one of main groups B60K 1/00-B60K 7/00  [5]
 B60K 11/00 - 
B60K 16/00
Arrangements in connection with cooling, air intake, gas exhaust, fuel supply, or power supply of propulsion units in vehicles
P:120 B60K 11/00
Arrangement 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
P:130 B60K 13/00
Arrangement in connection with combustion air intake or gas exhaust of propulsion units (extensions for melting snow or ice on roads or like surfaces E01H 5/00, E01H 6/00; forming part of the engine F01N; supplying combustion engines with combustible mixtures or constituents F02M)
P:140 B60K 15/00
Arrangement in connection with fuel supply of combustion engines; Mounting or construction of fuel tanks (tanks in general B65D, F17C; supplying combustion engines with combustible mixtures or constituents F02M)  [5]
 B60K 15/03
·  Fuel tanks (chassis frame comprising fluid storage compartment B62D 21/00)  [5]
 B60K 15/04
·  ·  Tank inlets (B60K 15/077 takes precedence)  [5]
 B60K 15/077
·  ·  with means modifying or controlling distribution or motion of fuel, e.g. to prevent noise, surge, splash or fuel starvation  [5]
P:40 B60K 16/00
Arrangements in connection with power supply from force of nature, e.g. sun, wind (electric propulsion with power supply from force of nature, e.g. sun, wind, B60L 8/00; effecting propulsion by wind motors driving water-engaging propulsive elements B63H 13/00)  [5]
 B60K 17/00 - 
B60K 23/00
Arrangement or mounting of transmissions or their control in vehicles
P:110 B60K 17/00
Arrangement or mounting of transmissions in vehicles (torque-transmitting axles B60B 35/00; combined transmission and steering gear for steering non-deflectable wheels B62D 11/00; clutches per se, e.g. construction thereof, F16D; gearing per se, e.g. construction thereof, F16H)  [2]
 B60K 17/04
·  characterised by arrangement, location, or kind of gearing (electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L)
 B60K 17/06
·  ·  of change-speed gearing (B60K 17/10-B60K 17/16 take precedence)  [2]
 B60K 17/10
·  ·  of fluid gearing (of fluid clutches B60K 17/00)
 B60K 17/16
·  ·  of differential gearing
 B60K 17/22
·  characterised by arrangement, location, or type of main drive shafting, e.g. cardan shaft
 B60K 17/34
·  for driving both front and rear wheels, e.g. four wheel drive vehicles (arrangement or mounting of control devices for changing number of driven wheels B60K 23/08)
 B60K 17/344
·  ·  having a transfer gear  [4]
 B60K 17/348
·  ·  having differential means for driving one set of wheels, e.g. the front, at one speed and the other set, e.g. the rear, at a different speeds (B60K 17/344 takes precedence)  [4]
 B60K 17/35
·  ·  ·  including arrangements for suppressing or influencing the power transfer, e.g. viscous clutches (differential gearing with locking devices F16H 48/00)  [4,6]
P:160 B60K 20/00
Arrangement or mounting of change-speed gearing control devices in vehicles (movable cabs having special adaptations of vehicle control devices B62D 33/06; such control devices per se F16H)  [2,5]
 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]
P:170 B60K 23/00
Arrangement or mounting of control devices for vehicle transmissions, or parts thereof, not otherwise provided for (combined transmission and steering gear for steering non-deflectable wheels B62D 11/00; movable cabs having special adaptations of vehicle control devices B62D 33/06; such control devices per se F16D, F16H)  [2,5]
 B60K 23/04
·  for differential gearing
 B60K 23/08
·  for changing number of driven wheels
P:30 B60K 25/00
Auxiliary drives (B60K 16/00 takes precedence; arrangement of tyre-inflating pumps mounted on vehicles B60C 23/00; resilient suspensions having dampers accumulating utilisable energy, e.g. compressing air, B60G 13/00; driving engine auxiliaries F02B)  [5]
P:150 B60K 26/00
Arrangement or mounting of propulsion-unit control devices in vehicles (movable cabs having special adaptations of vehicle control devices B62D 33/06)  [2,5]
P:10 B60K 28/00
Safety devices for propulsion-unit control, specially adapted for, or arranged in, vehicles, e.g. preventing fuel supply or ignition in the event of potentially dangerous conditions (for electrically-propelled vehicles B60L 3/00; road vehicle drive control systems for purposes not related to the control of a particular sub-unit B60W 30/00)  [2,8]
 B60K 28/10
·  responsive to conditions relating to the vehicle  [4]
 B60K 28/16
·  ·  responsive to, or preventing, spinning or skidding of wheels (brake control systems for vehicle drive stability B60T 8/17; arrangements responsive to a speed condition for adjusting wheel braking force B60T 8/32; control of vehicle driving stability otherwise than by controlling the propulsion unit only B60W 30/02; preventing wheel slippage by reducing power in rail vehicles B61C 15/00)  [4,8]
P:20 B60K 31/00
Vehicle fittings, acting on a single sub-unit only, for automatically controlling vehicle speed, i.e. preventing speed from exceeding an arbitrarily established velocity or maintaining speed at a particular velocity, as selected by the vehicle operator (fittings acting on two or more sub-units B60W 30/14; propulsion-unit control in general, see the relevant classes or subclasses, e.g. F02D; speedometers G01P; systems or devices for controlling speed in general G05D 13/00)  [2,8]
 B60K 31/00

Note(s)

In this group:

  • the means ordinarily includes a device, e.g. a servomechanism, for operating a velocity-affecting element of the vehicle, e.g. the throttle;
  • a means for preventing a vehicle from exceeding a particular speed is often referred to as a "governor", whereas a means for maintaining the vehicle within a relatively narrow speed range is generally designated as "speed control". Since these two functions are frequently interrelated, no attempt has been made to identify such means as being particularly adapted to perform only one, or the other of the functions.  [4]

 B60K 31/02
·  including electrically actuated servomechanism  [4]
 B60K 31/06
·  including fluid pressure actuated servomechanism  [4]
 B60K 31/12
·  including a device responsive to centrifugal force  [4]
 B60K 31/12

Note(s)

  1. This subgroup covers also, for example, the pendulum of a curve compensator, i.e. a refinement to the regulating means for automatically adjusting the "set" speed of the means to changes in the course of the roadway along which the vehicle is travelling.  [4]
  2. In this subgroup, rotating weights driven at a speed proportional to that of the vehicle's motor presently predominate.  [4]
 B60K 31/16
·  having means to prevent or discourage unauthorised use or adjusting of the controlling means  [4]
 B60K 31/18
·  including a device to audibly, visibly, or otherwise signal the existence of unusual or unintended speed  [4]
 B60K 35/00 - 
B60K 37/00
Arrangement or adaptations of instruments specially for vehicles; Dashboards
P:180 B60K 35/00
Arrangement or adaptations of instruments (arrangements on dashboard B60K 37/02)
P:190 B60K 37/00
Dashboards (as road-vehicle superstructure sub-unit B62D)
 B60K 37/02
·  Arrangement of instruments (arrangement of lighting devices for dashboards B60Q 3/00)
 B60K 37/04
·  Arrangement of fittings on dashboard (of instruments B60K 37/02)