PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15956224
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["180", "296000"]

Abstract:
A close coupled exhaust system support assembly comprises a mounting bracket coupled to an internal combustion engine having an extension including a through-hole. A support tab is fixedly attached to the exhaust system and has a terminal end located adjacent to the mounting bracket extension. A through-hole in the support tab is aligned with the through-hole of the mounting bracket extension. A mounting apparatus comprises a ferrule, having a through-hole extending therethrough and a spherical outer surface that is disposed within the through-hole of the support tab. The through-hole of the ferrule and the through-hole of mounting bracket extension define an axially extending receiving passage. A fastener disposed in the axially extending receiving passage fixes the mounting bracket extension relative to the support tab with an axial force exerted on the ferrule that deforms the spherical outer surface of the ferrule against the walls of the support tab through-hole.

Claim (Index 6):
The close coupled exhaust system support assembly of  claim 5 , wherein the fastener comprises a threaded fastener, such as a bolt and a nut, wherein tightening the nut on the bolt causes the bolt head, disposed against the mounting bracket extension to fix the extension relative to the support tab.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.51613
- Patent Class: 180.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14284356', '15140721', '15091210', '11057895', '13978744']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7750688467074129
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4901710954761527
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7465790715842869
- Mean Citation Score: 180.942226
- Max Citation Score: 187.06685
- Similarity Product: 122.191837942031

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test