PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

PTO Manual of Classification for US patents

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Class Number: 440
 Class Title: MARINE PROPULSION

Subclass  Subclass
Number    Title

  1       MEANS TO CONTROL THE SUPPLY OF ENERGY RESPONSIVE TO A SENSED
           CONDITION
  2       WITH INDICATOR
  3       DIVERSE ENGINE MEANS
  4       PLURAL ENGINES WITH SINGLE PROPELLING MEANS
  5       HYDRAULIC FLUID DRIVE FOR PROPELLING MEANS
  6       ELECTRIC DRIVE FOR PROPELLING MEANS
  7       .With foot control
  8       WIND DRIVEN MOTORS
  9       WAVE POWERED PROPELLING MEANS
  10      .By oscillating weight
  11      POWERED FROM LAND VEHICLE SUPPORTED BY VESSEL
  12      .Land vehicle is two-wheel type
  13      OSCILLATING PROPELLING MEANS
  14      .Fishtail motion propelling means
  15      ..Flexible
  16      .Moving wave propeller
  17      .Having nonpropelling cycle segment
  18      ..Piston and cylinder
  19      ..With means to move propelling element to nonpropelling
             position
  20      ..With reversing means
  21      OPERATOR POWERED DRIVE FOR PROPELLING MEANS
  22      .Rocking watercraft
  23      .Fluid pump
  24      .Having reciprocating pull cable
  25      .Sliding handle or pedal
  26      .Rotary cranking arm
  27      ..Plural-crank type
  28      ..Having flexible drive shaft
  29      ..Having endless drive member
  30      ...Chain and sprocket
  31      ..Including gear means
  32      .Lever with connecting linkage
  33      TOWING
  34      .Cable system
  35      .Track system
  36      .Ground wheel or poler
  37      AIR PROPELLED BOAT
  38      JET DRIVE
  39      .Auxiliary use of propulsive fluid
  40      .Direction control for fluid jet
  41      ..With bucket or clamshell-type reversing means
  42      ..Pivoted outlet
  43      ..Pivoted vane
  44      .Propulsion fluid is pressurized gas
  45      ..Produced by combustion
  46      .Having means to prevent clogging
  47      .Having means to increase fluid drive means efficiency
  48      HELICAL SCREW
  49      SCREW PROPELLER
  50      .Variable pitchh
  51      .Combined with rudder
  52      .With vibration dampening
  53      .With means effecting or facilitating movement of propulsion
            unit or a segment of the propulsion unit (e.g., tilting or
            steering)
  54      ..With means limited to vertical movement within hull cavity
  55      ..Having restraining means
  56      ...With releasing means when propulsion unit hits obstruction
  57      ..Having gimbal or universal joint support
  58      ..Having toothed or threaded member to move propulsion unit or a
             segment of the propulsion unit
  59      ...Screw type
  60      ...Rack and pinion
  61      ..Having fluid motor to move propulsion unit or a segment of the
             propulsion unit
  62      ..Having pliant member to move propulsion unit or a segment of
             the propulsion unit
  63      ..Having link or lever to move propulsion unit or a segment of
             the propulsion unit
  64      ..Having shaft with releasable coupling
  65      ..With means to lift propeller when an obstruction is hit
  66      .Having means to control flow around propeller
  67      ..Nozzle (Kort-Type)
  68      ..Hull channel
  69      ...With open bottom
  70      ..Hull concavity
  71      .Propeller guard
  72      ..Cage or screen
  73      .Self-clearing
  74      .Shaft braking or locking
  75      .Having transmission
  76      .Propulsion unit casing
  77      ..Cowl
  78      ..Propeller shaft housing
  79      .Propeller arrangement
  80      ..Tandem
  81      ...On single shaft
  82      ..Supporting strut
  83      .Shafting
  84      ENGINE, MOTOR, OR TRANSMISSION CONTROL MEANS
  85      .For starter means
  86      .For transmission
  87      .For engine speed
  88      MEANS FOR HANDLING ENGINE FLUIDS
  89      .Exhaust gas handling means
  90      PADDLE WHEEL
  91      .Having means to reposition paddle wheel assembly
  92      .Having means to retract paddle or change paddle attitude
  93      ..Having means to provide cyclic change of paddle attitude
             (e.g., Voith Schneider)
  94      UPRIGHT REMAINING ORBITING PADDLES
  95      FLEXIBLE ENDLESS PROPELLING MEANS
  96      .With paddle
  97      ..Foldable or retractable to nonpropelling position
  98      BUOYANT PROPELLING MEANS
  99      .Rotating outer hull
  100     .Wheellike
  101     OAR OR PADDLEE
  102     .Articulated sectional oar or paddle
  103     ..Having gear
  104     .Support
  105     ..Having outrigger
  106     ..Oarlock
  107     ...Having oar shaft restraining means
  108     ...Separate mounting means
  109     ....Socket type
  110     ..Having guard for oar
  111     INBOARD ENGINE MOUNT
  112     .Having thru-hull sealing means
  113     MISCELLANEOUS
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  *       CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTION
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  900     OUTBOARD MOTORS AND OUTDRIVES