PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15759068
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["180", "300000"]

Abstract:
A handling strut connects the powertrain of an automobile to a structural member, such as a panel in the engine bay. The handling strut is comprised of two strut members, one connected to the powertrain, the other connected to the structural member. A shaft attached to one strut member, extends through a bushing provided in the other strut member and an air gap is provided between the bushing and the shaft, such that when the engine is idle, or not accelerating, and in the absence of hard cornering, the strut members are decoupled. The isolation of the strut members when not required to control engine roll, reduces/avoids transmission of noise, vibration and/or harshness.

Claim (Index 33):
A method of installing a handling strut in an automobile, the method comprising connecting a first strut member to a powertrain and connecting a second strut member to a structural member of the vehicle; wherein one of said strut members comprises a bushing and the other strut member comprises a shaft arranged to extend through an aperture in the bushing; characterised by the aperture through the bushing being wider than the shaft, and a predetermined air gap being provided between the shaft and the bushing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.11667
- Patent Class: 180.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13635393', '13073177', '14812105', '14373757', '14684668']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7167757023462517
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4838658314297318
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6934847152545996
- Mean Citation Score: 165.215152
- Max Citation Score: 186.84523
- Similarity Product: 136.3996720325577

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

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