PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15903002
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["280", "407100"]

Abstract:
An intermodal chassis for highway transportation of shipping containers, the chassis having a forward axle and a rear axle, and incorporating an air bag suspension that automatically deflate the air bags when the brakes are locked, preventing damage when loading a container onto the chassis. Large 53 foot long box/high cube type shipping containers may be loaded along their entire length with the chassis having a rear axle positioned under the chassis frame so that the kingpin-to-rear-axle length is no more than 40 feet, and a forward axle positioned under the frame between the gooseneck and the rear axle so that a forward-to-rear-axle length is at least 12 feet. Other features include self-scaling and load-leveling, and other weight savings include use of smaller sized aluminum wheels.

Claim (Index 11):
An intermodal chassis adapted for carrying a 53 foot long box/high cube type shipping container that is loaded with cargo along its entire 53 foot length, for over-the-highway transport, the chassis comprising:\n a front bolster and a rear bolster, with a frame structure extending longitudinally therebetween and sized to carry said 53 foot long box/high cube type shipping container; a gooseneck portion of said frame structure extending longitudinally rearward from said front bolster and having a top surface sized to fit within a tunnel depression of said shipping container; a kingpin mounted on a bottom surface of said gooseneck portion at a position between 36 inches and 48 inches rearward of a rear face of said front bolster; a main portion of said frame structure extending longitudinally rearward from said gooseneck portion and interconnecting with said rear bolster; a rear axle positioned longitudinally under said main portion of said frame structure such that a kingpin-to-rear-axle length is no more than 40 feet; and a forward axle positioned longitudinally under said main portion of said frame structure between said gooseneck portion and said rear axle such that a forward-to-rear-axle length is at least 12 feet, the combination of said kingpin position, said kingpin-to-rear-axle length, and said forward-to-rear-axle length allowing said chassis to carry said 53 foot long box/high cube type shipping container with said container loaded with cargo along its entire 53 foot length and free from reducing cargo weight positioned rearward of said rear-axle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65432
- Patent Class: 280.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14923440', '15076049', '14450586', '12818559', '10920238']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7889797636255423
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6546799557680055
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7755497828397886
- Mean Citation Score: 329.342042
- Max Citation Score: 628.1571
- Similarity Product: 604.088700259459

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

Dataset: test