PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

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Class Number: 244
 Class Title: AERONAUTICS

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  1 R     MISCELLANEOUS
  1 N     .Noise abatement
  1 A     .Lightning arresters and static eliminators
  1 TD    .Trailing devices
  2       COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT
  3       .Trains
  3.1     MISSILE STABILIZATION OR TRAJECTORY CONTROL
  3.11    .Remote control
  3.12    ..Trailing wire
  3.13    ..Beam rider
  3.14    ..Radio wave
  3.15    .Automatic guidance
  3.16    ..Optical (includes infrared)
  3.17    ...Optical correlation
  3.18    ...Celestial navigation
  3.19    ..Radio wave
  3.2     ..Inertial
  3.21    ..Attitude control mechanisms
  3.22    ...Fluid reaction type
  3.23    .Stabilized by rotation
  3.24    .Externally mounted stabilizing appendage (e.g., fin)
  3.25    ..Removable
  3.26    ..Sliding
  3.27    ..Collapsible
  3.28    ...Longitudinally rotating
  3.29    ...Radially rotating
  3.3     ..Extending beyond rear of missile
  158 R   SPACECRAFT
  159     .Space station
  160     .Reentry vehicle
  161     ..Rendezvous and docking
  162     ..Manned
  163     ...Environmental control
  164     .Attitude control
  165     ..By gyroscope or flywheel
  166     ..By magnetic effect
  167     ..By gravity gradient
  168     ..By solar pressure
  169     ..By jet motor
  170     ..By nutation damper
  171     ..With attitude sensor means
  172     .With propulsion
  173     .With solar panel
  158 A   .Exterior surface air resistance heat control
  4 R     AIRCRAFT, HEAVIER-THAN-AIR
  5       .Airplanes, weight diminished by bouyant gas
  6       .Airplane and helicopter sustained
  7 R     ..Convertible
  7 A     ...Rotary wing
  7 B     ...Tail sitters
  7 C     ...Tilting wing
  8       .Airplane and auto-rotating wing sustainedd
  9       .Airplane and paddle wheel sustained
  10      .Airplane and cylindrical rotor sustained
  11      .Airplane and beating wing sustained
  12.1    .Airplane and fluid sustained
  12.2    ..Circular
  12.3    ..Dual propulsion
  12.4    ..Thrust tilting
  12.5    ..With thrust diverting
  12.6    ..Channel wing
  13      .Airplane sustained
  14      ..Aerial torpedoes
  15      ..Fluid propelled
  16      ..Glider
  17.11   .Helicopter or auto-rotating wing sustained, i.e.,
            gyroplanes
  17.13   ..Automatic or condition responsive control
  17.15   ..With safety lowering device
  17.17   ..With landing, mooring, or nonaerial propelling or
             steering gear
  17.19   ..With auxiliary propulsion, counter-troque or steering
             device
  17.21   ...Auxiliary rotor
  17.23   ..Having plural lifting rotors
  17.25   ..Lifting rotor having lift direction varying means
  17.27   ..Lifting rotor supports, e.g., pylons
  19      .Paddle wheel sustained
  20      ..Feathering
  21      .Cylindrical rotor sustained
  22      .Beating wing sustained
  23 R    .Fluid sustained
  23 A    ..Lifting thrusters
  23 B    ..Dual propulsion means, horizontal and vertical
  23 C    ..Circular configuration
  23 D    ..Thrust diverters
  4 A     .Body attached
  24      AIRCRAFT, LIGHTER-THAN-AIR
  25      .Airships with sustaining wings
  26      .Airship and helicopter sustained
  27      .Airship and paddle wheel sustained
  28      .Airship and beating wing sustained
  29      .Airship and fluid sustained
  30      .Airships
  31      .Balloons
  32      ..With parachutes
  33      ..Captive
  34 R    AIRCRAFT SUSTENTATION
  35 R    .Sustaining airfoils
  36      ..Lifting fuselages
  37      ..Lifting struts
  38      ..Resiliently mounted
  39      ..Rotatable
  198     ..With lift modification
  199     ...By vortex generator or dissipator
  200     ...By characteristic of airfoil's skin
  201     ...Variable
  202     ....With landing gear
  203     ....Condition responsive
  204     ....By controlling boundary layerr
  205     .....With ionic or electrostatic surface
  206     .....With rotating member
  207     .....With blowing
  208     ......And suction
  209     .....With suction
  210     .....With nose slot
  211     ......Having trailing edge flap
  212     .....Having trailing edge flap
  213     ....By flap and/or spoiler
  214     .....At leading edge
  215     .....At trailing edge
  216     ......Variable gap type, e.g., "Fowler Flap"
  217     ......Plural, relatively pivotable
  218     ....Area
  219     ....Camber
  45 R    ..Arrangement
  46      ...Variable
  47      ....Dihedral
  48      ....Incidence
  49      ....Folding
  45 A    ...Canard
  35 A    ..Compressible flow
  34 A    .Annular airfoils
  50      AIRCRAFT PROPULSION AND STEERING ON LAND OR WATER
  51      AIRCRAFT, STEERING PROPULSION
  52      .Fluid
  53 R    AIRCRAFT POWER PLANTS
  54      .Mounting
  55      .Arrangement
  56      ..Tilting
  57      .Radiator arrangement
  58      .Auxiliary
  59      .High altitude
  60      .Transmission of power
  61      .Power plant using airship gas as fuel
  53 A    .Starters
  53 B    .Air intakes
  62      AIRCRAFT PROPULSION
  63      .Launching
  64      .Manual
  65      .Screw
  66      ..Tilting
  67      ..Body encircling
  68      ..Elongated
  69      ..Contra-propeller arrangements
  70      .Paddle wheel
  71      .Reciprocating propeller
  72      .Beating wing
  73 R    .Fluid
  74      ..Explosive jet
  73 B    ..Vacuum induced by radial flow
  73 C    ..Radial outward and downward flow
  75 R    AIRCRAFT CONTROL
  76 R    .Automatic
  175     ..Electric course control
  176     ...Spaceship control
  177     ...Multiple-axis altitude stabilization
  178     ....Trim controll
  179     ....By change in bank
  180     ...By change in altitude
  181     ....By change in pitch, angle of attack or flight path
  182     ....By change in speed
  183     ...Of aircraft on its landing course
  184     ....By steering or yaw
  185     .....And vertical glide path control
  186     ....Vertical glide path control
  187     .....With "flare-out" detection
  188     .....Slope control by throttle
  189     ...By remote radio signal
  190     ....Of pilotless aircraft
  191     ...Acceleration control
  192     ...With "dead-zone" control
  193     ...With "softener" circuit
  194     ...Monitoring circuit or response
  195     ....Self-adaptive control
  196     ...Override of automatic control by human pilot
  197     ....By engaging manual control system
  78      ..Fluid
  79      ..Gyroscope actuated
  80      ..Gravity actuated
  81      ..Operated by landing
  82      ..Vane operated
  76 A    ..Motor torque control of flaps or tabs
  76 B    ..Velocity operated devices
  76 C    ..Gust compensators
  76 J    ..Steerable jets
  220     .Pilot operated
  221     ..Control system
  222     ...Other than hand or foot actuated
  223     ...With feel
  224     ...With locking means
  225     ...With dual purpose surface structure (e.g., elevons)
  226     ...Fluid
  227     ....With electric control
  228     ...Electric
  229     ...Dual
  230     ...With variable output
  231     ...With interengaging gearing
  232     ...With cable and linkage
  233     ...Cable
  234     ..Controller
  235     ...Rudder bar and pedal
  236     ...Electrical pickup
  237     ...Three-way steering, single control
  87      .Rudders and empennage
  88      ..Rudders universally mounted
  89      ..Elevators both front and rear
  90 R    ..Ailerons and other roll control devices
  90 A    ...Roll control spoilers
  90 B    ...Balanced air pressure
  91      .Vertical fins
  92      .Stabilizing propellers
  93      .Stabilizing weights
  94      ..Ballast storage and release
  95      ..Ballast making
  96      .Airship controll
  97      ..Buoyancy varying
  98      ..Gas bag inflation
  99      ..Gas release
  75 A    .Flutter prevention
  100 R   LANDING GEAR
  101     .Amphibian
  102 R   .Retractable
  102 A   ..Interconnected elements
  102 SL  ..Strut locks
  102 SS  ..Strut shortening
  103 R   .Wheel
  104 R   ..Resiliently mounted
  104 CS  ...Coil spring
  104 FP  ...Fluid pressure
  104 LS  ...Leaf spring
  103 S   ..Prerotation
  103 W   ..Crosswind gear
  105     .Water landing
  106     ..Flying boat
  107     ..Emergency
  108     .Skids
  109     .Tail supports
  100 C   .Endless track
  100 A   .Inflatable
  110 R   RETARDING AND RESTRAINING DEVICES
  111     .Wheel brake arrangement
  112     .Water brake arrangement
  113     .Aerodynamic retarders
  110 A   .Brake
  110 B   .Thrust reversers
  110 C   .Cable or net support
  110 D   .Aerodynamic braking
  110 E   .Landing platforms
  110 F   .Snares
  110 G   .Arresting hoods
  110 H   .Friction brakes
  114 R   LANDING FIELD ARRANGEMENT
  115     .Mooring devices
  116     ..Movable
  114 B   .Blast deflectors
  117 R   AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE
  118.1   .Load (e.g., cargo) accommodation
  118.2   ..Removable, load bearing, airframe section
  118.5   .Passenger or crew accommodation
  118.6   ..Seating arrangement: berth or berthage
  119     .Fuselage and body construction
  120     ..Sectional
  121     ..Shields and other protective devices
  122 R   ..Seats and safety belts
  122 A   ...Ejection seats
  122 AB  ....Catapult and rocket combined
  122 AC  .....Catapult
  122 AD  .....Rocket
  122 AE  ....Automatic sequence
  122 AF  .....Canopy release
  122 AG  .....Restraint positioning and protective devices
  122 AH  .....Seat separation
  122 B   ...Safety beltss
  123     .Airfoil construction
  124     ..Sectional
  125     .Airship hull construction
  126     .Airship skin construction
  127     .Airship load attachment
  128     .Airship gas cell construction and arrangement
  129.1   .Details
  129.2   ..Fire prevention devices
  129.3   ..Windows
  129.4   ..Closures
  129.5   ...Door
  118.3   ....Displaceable to function as ramp
  129.6   ..Steps
  130     ..Aerodynamic resistance reducing
  131     ..Joints and connections
  132     ..Skin fastening devices
  133     ..Materials of construction
  134 R   .Ice prevention
  134 A   ..Flexible surfaces
  134 B   ..Heating fluid in airfoil
  134 C   ..Deicing fluid on airfoil exterior
  134 D   ..Electric
  134 E   ..Nature of surface
  134 F   ..Initiators and indicators
  135 R   .Fuel supply
  135 A   ..Aircraft refueling
  135 B   ..Flexible containers
  135 C   ..Fuel balancing systems
  136     .Material discharging and diffusing
  137.1   .Passenger or cargo loading or discharging
  137.2   ..Passenger
  137.3   ..Aerial cargo unloading by parachute extraction
  137.4   ..Releasable, externally mounted cargo
  117 A   .Skin cooling
  138 R   SAFETY LOWERING DEVICES
  139     .Entire aircraft
  140     .Passenger compartment
  141     ..Seat
  142     .Parachutes
  143     ..Garment attached
  144     ..Aircraft element convertible to parachute
  145     ..Canopy construction
  146     ..Inflated bracing
  147     ..Storage and release
  148     ...Packs
  149     ...Opening devices
  150     ...Timing mechanism
  151 R   ..Harness
  151 A   ...Parchute harness connection
  151 B   ...Parachute load releasing
  152     ..Control devices
  138 A   .Rotating vanes
  153 R   KITES
  154     .Airplane type
  155 R   .Accessories
  155 A   ..Kite controls
  153 A   .Rotating
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  *       CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
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  900     LIGHTWEIGHT, WINGED, AIR VEHICLE (E,G,. ULTRALIGHT or HANG
           GLIDER)
  901     .Having delta shaped wing
  902     .Having parachute type wing
  903     .Powered
  904     .Miscellaneous hardware or control
  905     INFLATABLE EVACUATION SLIDE