PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16120162
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["188", "322170"]

Abstract:
A closing assembly for a magneto-rheological damper includes a housing defining a through bore with a first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth counter-bores having varied diameters. A wiper seal is disposed in the first counter-bore and an upper seal is disposed in the second counter-bore. A guide is disposed in the fourth counter-bore. The guide and the upper seal and the third counter-bore define a first chamber. A plate defining a passage is disposed axially below the guide in the fifth counter-bore with a flange extending into the sixth counter-bore. A lower seal is disposed in the passage. The guide and the plate and the fifth counter-bore define a second chamber. The first and second chambers separate and contain a lubricating oil adjacent to the upper seal and lower seal.

Claim (Index 1):
A closing assembly for a damper comprising:\n an annular housing extending along a central longitudinal axis from a top end to a bottom end and defining a through bore axially extending therethrough having an inner surface, a guide defining a central opening and having a top and a bottom and being disposed in said through bore for guiding a piston rod of the damper, an upper seal disposed in said through bore in a spaced relationship with said top of said guide for contacting and sealing against the piston rod, a plate defining a passage extending axially therethrough and disposed in said through bore in a spaced relationship with said bottom of said guide, a lower seal disposed in said passage of said plate for contacting and sealing against the piston rod, wherein said lower seal includes a first section having a first sealing lip extending radially inwardly and a second section depending downwardly and axially a first length from said first section and including a second sealing lip extending radially inwardly, said guide being symmetric with an annular shape and having an exterior defining a plurality of longitudinally extending channels running through said guide from said top to said bottom and disposed in a spaced relationship circumferentially about said guide, and said top of said guide and said upper seal and said inner surface of said through bore defining a first chamber and said bottom of said guide and said plate and said inner surface of said through bore defining a second chamber in fluid communication with said first chamber through said channels for separating and maintaining a volume of isolated oil to lubricate said guide and said upper seal and said lower seal.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 39.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.64815
- Patent Class: 188.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15051729', '12070582', '14350540', '10394103', '14356264']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7998834365611491
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5612409251360734
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7760191854186416
- Mean Citation Score: 274.161464
- Max Citation Score: 473.24698
- Similarity Product: 464.9257031504917

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

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