PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15957515
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["188", "00111E"]

Abstract:
A method in which at least one piezoceramic sensor, which converts every mechanical force to which it is subjected into an electrical signal and having a Curie temperature higher than 200° C., is solidarized directly onto the surface of a metal support element of a vehicle braking element, which during use faces a vehicle element to be braked. While in contact with such a surface, an electrical circuit is implemented that picks up and eventually processes the electrical signal, the electrical circuit being connected with a connector integrated with the metal support element. An electrically insulating layer sandwiches the at least one piezoceramic sensor and the electrical circuit, and a block of friction material with an underlying damping layer is formed upon the electrically insulating layer. After forming the block of friction material, the piezoceramic sensor is polarized by applying a predetermined potential difference thereto by means of the connector.

Claim (Index 13):
A method of manufacturing a sensorized friction element for a vehicle, the sensorized friction element capable of sensing an external compression force applied to the sensorized friction element, the method comprising:\n attaching a piezoceramic sensor onto a surface of a support element, the piezoceramic sensor configured to generate an electrical signal according to the piezoelectric effect and to output the electrical signal; connecting the piezoceramic sensor to an electrical circuit such that the electrical circuit receives the electrical signal output by the piezoceramic sensor; applying an electrically insulating layer onto the piezoceramic sensor and the electrical circuit such that the piezoceramic sensor and the electrical circuit are covered by the electrically insulating layer; applying a dampening and thermally insulating layer onto the electrically insulating layer such that at least the portion of the electrically insulating layer that covers the piezoceramic sensor and the electrical circuit is covered by the dampening and thermally insulating layer; and forming a friction material on the dampening and thermally insulating layer such that at least the portion of the dampening and thermally insulating layer that covers the electrically insulating layer is covered by the friction material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.89412
- Patent Class: 188.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15184806', '14106262', '14785213', '15167883', '15323186']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8637925274402197
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5082801400797053
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8282412887041684
- Mean Citation Score: 319.34908000000013
- Max Citation Score: 374.1247
- Similarity Product: 335.3661298460365

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

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