CPC Definition - Subclass B60D
This place covers:
Types of hitches or devices which are not covered by this subclass include:
- Carriers for bikes or other loads which are connected to hitches.
- Hitches used not between vehicles, e.g. between bikes.
- No 5th-wheel couplings.
- Electrical, hydraulic or pneumatic connections as long as the hitch or part of the hitch is concerned, e.g. fixation to the hitch or sensor on the hitch.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Parts, details or accessories of agricultural machines or implements, in general | |
Arrangement of signalling or lighting devices for vehicles in general | |
Vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for | |
Servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting or manoeuvring of vehicles, not otherwise provided for | |
Brake control systems or parts thereof; Arrangement of braking elements on vehicles in general | |
Auxiliary devices or accessories specially adapted to cycles and not otherwise provided for | |
Testing of vehicles |
This place covers:
All kinds of couplings between vehicles, but not between bikes or motorbikes. If a connection is solely claimed for connecting multiple bikes or motorbikes or connecting trailers solely to bikes or motorbikes, then the connection should indeed not be classified in B60D but in the respective classes for bikes or motorbikes, e.g. B62K 27/00. For classifying such a document, it should then be referred to that field only.
However, in practice most of the connections are NOT explicitly claimed for bikes or motorbikes, which then makes the documents relevant to be classified in B60D.
This place does not cover:
Fifth-wheel traction couplings |
Examples of places where the subject matter of this place is covered when specially adapted, used for a particular purpose, or incorporated in a larger system:
Devices specially adapted for connection between animals or tractors and agricultural machines or implements |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Supplementary fittings on vehicle exterior for carrying cycles | |
Hand-propelled vehicles, e.g. hand carts | |
Cycles | |
Sidecars; Forecars; Trailers or the like specially adapted to be attached to cycles |
This place covers:
Traction couplings or hitches according to their type, e.g. ball-and-socket hitches or bolt-type couplings.
This place covers:
Ball-and-socket hitches, e.g. constructional details, auxiliary devices or their arrangement on the vehicle.
This place covers:
Gears according to their type, e.g. V-shaped draw gears or draw gears which consist of a single longitudinal bar.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Coupling of multi-purpose tractors with equipment |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Draw-gear or towing devices characterised by their type, consisting of at least two bars which are not connected or articulated to each other |
This place covers:
Rather than for the features of the devices they are classified according to their function into the main or different sub-groups like remote control of release function, preventing unwanted disengagements etc.
This place covers:
- Arrangements for sway control, e.g. stabilising or anti-fishtail devices.
- Sway alarm means.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Springs, vibration-dampers, shock-absorbers or similarly-constructed movement-dampers using a fluid or the equivalent as damping medium |
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
This place covers:
Arrangements for facilitating connection, e.g. hitch catchers, visual guide means or signalling aids.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Traction couplings, hitches, draw-gear or towing devices comprising a lifting mechanism, e.g. for coupling while lifting | |
Arrangement of signalling devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicle in general | |
Optical arrangements specially adapted for viewing trailer hitches |
This place covers:
Mountings or supports for hitches on the towing vehicle body. Opposite to this, class B60D 1/143 concerns also features related to mounting but specifically only draw gears fixed to the towed vehicle. B60D 1/48 is intended to further specify the kind of fixation of the vehicle hitch/draw gear to the towing vehicle body.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Tow ropes, chains or the like comprising resilient members | |
Springs; Shock-absorbers; Means for damping vibration |
This place covers:
- Load, weight, angle, force, torque measuring or sensing devices.
- Length of drawbar or position measuring devices.
- Coupling monitoring systems such as alarm systems (theft prevention).
- Brake system for hitches.
- Safety devices.
- Auxiliary accessories on hitches (such as steps).
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for | |
Ground-engaging vehicle fittings for supporting, lifting or manoeuvring the vehicle, wholly or in part, e.g. built-in jacks | |
Arrangements for measuring electric power or power factor | |
Radio direction-finding; Radio navigation; Determining distance or velocity by use of radio waves; Locating or presence-detecting by use of the reflection or reradiation of radio waves; Analogous arrangements using other waves | |
Line connectors; Current collectors |
This place covers:
Covers, caps or guards, e.g. comprising anti-theft devices.
This place covers:
Couplings for facilitating pushing.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Traction couplings; Hitches; Draw-gear; Towing devices | |
Vehicle bumpers | |
Steering arrangements for backing a normally-drawn trailer |
This place covers:
Bellow or concertina-type gangway between coupled vehicles, such as between two wagons, e.g. rotatable platforms.
Attention is drawn to the following places, which may be of interest for search:
Communication passages between coaches; Adaptation of coach ends therefor | |
Flexible communication passages between coaches, e.g. bellows; Adaptation of coach ends therefor | |
Articulated buses with interconnecting passageway, e.g. bellows |
This place covers:
Connections not otherwise provided for like temporary vehicle connections which can be connected or unconnected while driving.