IPC 6 English version  Class B60
SECTION B– PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
TRANSPORTING

B 60

VEHICLES IN GENERAL

Note

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

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"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 B 61 to B 64.

Thus the term "vehicle" includes:

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vehicular characteristics which are common to more than one of the above-listed types;

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certain characteristics restricted to automobiles, road or cross-country trailers.

The following exceptions to the above should be noted:

(a)

subclass B 60 B or B 60 C embrace all vehicle wheels and tyres, except wheels for roller skates A 63 C 17/22, wheels for model railway vehicles A 63 H 19/22, and special adaptations of wheels or tyres for aircraft B 64 C 25/36;

(b)

subclass B 60 C embraces the connection of valves to inflatable elastic bodies in general, and in this respect it is not limited to vehicles;

(c)

subclass B 60 L embraces certain electric equipment of all electrically-propelled vehicles;

(d)

subclass B 60 M embraces certain power supply equipment for, but external to, any kind of electrically-propelled vehicle;

(e)

subclass B 60 R embraces safety belts or body harnesses used in all types of land vehicles; [4]

(f)

subclass B 60 S relates to all kinds of vehicles, except the servicing of rail locomotives B 61 K 11/00, ground equipment for aircraft B 64 F, or cleaning apparatus peculiar to waterborne vessels B 63 B 57/00, B 63 B 59/00;

(g)

subclass B 60 T 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.

B 60 B

VEHICLE WHEELS; CASTORS; AXLES; INCREASING WHEEL ADHESION

B 60 C

VEHICLE TYRES (manufacture, repairing B 29); TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES (testing of tyres G 01 M 17/02) [5]

B 60 D

VEHICLE CONNECTIONS (components of brake systems B 60 T 17/04)

B 60 F

VEHICLES FOR USE BOTH ON RAIL AND ON ROAD; AMPHIBIOUS OR LIKE VEHICLES; CONVERTIBLE VEHICLES (air-cushion vehicles B 60 V)

B 60 G

VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENTS (air-cushion vehicles B 60 V; connections between vehicle bodies and vehicle frames B 62 D 24/00) [5]

B 60 H

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

B 60 J

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 E 05)

B 60 K

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; CONJOINT CONTROL OF DRIVE UNITS; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST, OR FUEL SUPPLY, OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES

B 60 L

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 B 60 D 1/62; electric heating for vehicles B 60 H; arrangements or mounting of electrical propulsion units in vehicles B 60 K 1/00; arrangements or mounting of electric gearing in vehicles B 60 K 17/12, B 60 K 17/14; auxiliary drives on vehicles B 60 K 25/00; lighting for vehicles B 60 Q; vehicle brake control systems in general B 60 T; preventing wheel slip by reducing power in rail vehicles B 61 C; railway track circuits in general B 61 L; lighting in general F 21, H 05 B; switches in general H 01 H; coupling devices for electric connections in general H 01 R; dynamo-electric machines H 02 K; electric converters H 02 M; starting, controlling, braking of electric machines or converters in general H 02 P; electric heating in general H 05 B) [4]

B 60 M

POWER SUPPLY LINES, OR DEVICES ALONG RAILS, FOR ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES (control of points or safety arrangements along railway lines B 61 L; construction of rails or points in general E 01 B)

B 60 N

VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (furniture construction A 47)

B 60 P

VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS (vehicles with special provisions for invalids A 61 G 3/00)

B 60 Q

VEHICLE LIGHTING OR SIGNALLING (arrangements of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof, for rail vehicles B 61 D, for cycles B 62 J, for ships B 63 B, for aircraft B 64 D; lighting in general, lighting devices per se F 21, H 05 B; signalling in general G 08; electric switches per se H 01 H) [4]

B 60 R

VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (fire prevention, containment or extinguishing specially adapted for vehicles A 62 C 3/07)

B 60 S

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

B 60 T

VEHICLE BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS OR PARTS THEREOF; BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEMS, OR PARTS THEREOF, IN GENERAL (electrodynamic brake systems for vehicles, in general B 60 L; brakes per se, i.e. devices where braking effect occurs, including ultimate brake actuators, F 16 D)

B 60 V

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 B 65 G 7/06)
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