CPC technology class · B60

B60H - Arrangements Of Heating

Arrangements of heating, cooling, ventilating or other air-treating devices specially adapted for passenger or goods spaces of vehicles. 7,970 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year grant trajectory.

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

7,970
US patents granted: #10/19
in B60: 3.2%
B60 class share: +42%
5-yr velocity

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Arrangements Of Heating ranks #192 of 670 CPC technology areas - 7,970 US patents granted since 2015, with recorded grant volume up 42% over five years.

#192
of 670 CPC technology areas: 7,970
US patents granted, 2015–2025: Ford Global
leading assignee (634): +42%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

How B60H's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, B60H recorded 3,835 grants versus 2,699 in 2015–2019 (+42% equal-window velocity). Across complete years, output peaked in 2020 at 794 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 325 (+144% peak-over-trough). Lead assignee Hyundai Motor Company holds 7.2% of the class ; the top three share 18.6%.

Leaderboard read

B60H concentration, lead at 7.2%

Hyundai Motor Company leads this historical grant record at 7.2% of B60H - foreign corporation assignees hold 76% of class grants (3,552 of 4,657). Figures describe granted US utility patents in this CPC subclass, not current investment or legal strength.

Leader's share: 7.2%
Top three share: 18.6%
Lead over #2: 42

Where B60H sits inside B60

Among 19 subclasses in B60 (Vehicles IN General), B60H ranks #10 and holds 3.2% of the parent class's 247,467 recorded grants. Sibling chips below are the other subclasses in the same parent class, not the nationwide volume/lead-share peers further down.

B60R 42,931 B60W 39,530 B60K 34,645 B60L 29,944 B60Y 14,131 B60Q 13,530 B60N 13,335 B60T 11,759

Rising assignees active in B60H

Company-wide grant multiples (2022–2024 vs 2019–2021) among assignees with ≥5 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide; class patent counts are subclass-specific.

#1 NIO Technology (ANHUI) Co., Ltd 121x 0 → 121 company-wide · 9 in B60H
#2 KIA Corporation 44x 53 → 2,312 company-wide · 180 in B60H
#3 Ningbo Geely Automobile Research & Dev. Co., Ltd. 43x 0 → 43 company-wide · 10 in B60H
#4 Rivian IP Holdings, LLC 9.06x 51 → 462 company-wide · 32 in B60H
#5 ITW EF&C Korea LLC. 5.00x 0 → 5 company-wide · 5 in B60H

B60H grants by year, peak 2020 (794)

US utility-patent grants per year in B60H, 2015–2025 - recent five years are up 42% versus 2015–2019.

Hyundai Motor

573
Denso

531
Hanon Systems

376
Kia Motors

296
Carrier

188
Kia

180
Mahle International

170
Thermo King

159
Denso International…

135
Valeo Systemes…

110
Bayerische Motoren…

97
Sanden

87

What this shows Ford Global is the most active filer in B60H, holding 634 of the 7,970 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

View data table

Top patent holders in CPC subclass B60H
Rank	Company	Patents in B60H
#1	Hyundai Motor Company	573
#2	Denso Corporation	531
#3	Hanon Systems	376
#4	KIA Motors Corporation	296
#5	Carrier Corporation	188
#6	KIA Corporation	180
#7	Mahle International GmbH	170
#8	Thermo King LLC	159
#9	Denso International America, Inc.	135
#10	Valeo Systemes Thermiques	110
#11	Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft	97
#12	Sanden Corporation	87
#13	Gentherm Incorporated	57
#14	EBERSPÄCHER Climate Control Systems GMBH	49
#15	Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki	42
#16	Dometic Sweden AB	40
#17	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems, Ltd.	39
#18	Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG	37
#19	Senseware, Inc.	36
#20	Rivian IP Holdings, LLC	32

Footprint here vs. claim strategy

Each dot is a leading B60H assignee, placed by how many patents it holds in this class (horizontal) against its company-wide average claims per patent (vertical) - a read on whether the class is led by broad-but-shallow filers or focused deep-claim players.

Top 14 B60H assignees by class footprint. Bubble size = patents in B60H. Source: USPTO PatentsView (claim depth is company-wide across all classes).

Classes near B60H's 7,970-grant footprint

Nationwide nearest neighbors for B60H (#192 of 670 by volume ; lead share 8.0%) - not the B60 parent-class siblings above.

Nearest by grant volume

E04B 7,959 G01P 7,932 H04S 7,918 A47B 7,915

Nearest by lead-assignee share

B23F 7.9% F23M 7.9% F02F 7.9% G09F 7.9%

Questions about B60H

Which company holds the most patents in B60H?

Ford Global Technologies, LLC leads B60H with 634 patents (7.2% of the subclass). By PatentsView assignee type, foreign corporations account for 76% of class grants.

Which B60H assignees grew fastest recently?

Among assignees with ≥5 grants in B60H, NIO Technology (ANHUI) Co., Ltd shows the highest company-wide grant multiple (121x: 0 grants in 2019–2021 → 121 in 2022–2024) while holding 9 patents in this subclass. Growth is company-wide, not class-only.

How does B60H compare inside parent class B60?

Inside B60 (Vehicles IN General), B60H ranks #10 of 19 subclasses by grant volume and holds 3.2% of the parent class total. The largest sibling is B60R (42,931 grants).

What to do with this data

B60H in context - here's where to go next.

Hyundai Motor Company leads B60H with 573 grants in this class. See full portfolio
B60H ranks #192 of 670 by grant volume among all tracked CPC technology areas. See the ranking
Inside parent class B60, the largest sibling subclass is B60R with 42,931 grants. Explore B60R

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through 2026-05-15; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Methodology - B60H figures are USPTO PatentsView granted-utility totals for this subclass (7,970 grants in the tracked window).

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