PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15894463
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["384", "282000"]

Abstract:
A layer is provided for a thrust bushing, for example a torque converter thrust bushing. A phenolic resin is bonded directly to a bearing surface of a rotating component to form the layer without any substrate.

Claim (Index 9):
A method for manufacturing a thrust washer on a rotating component, comprising:\n providing a first press having a non-stick coating; providing a second press; providing a base material between the first press and the second press, the base material having a mating surface oriented toward the first press; providing at least one phenolic resin layer on the mating surface; heating the first press and the second press to a temperature of about 400\u00b0 F. to about 450\u00b0 F.; applying a pressure of about 15 psi to about 55 psi from the first press and the second press to the at least one phenolic resin layer and the base material; and releasing the top press after about 2 minutes of applying the pressure.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 19.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.39286
- Patent Class: 384.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14259972', '12291963', '12291962', '14887903', '14889849']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7119641431669045
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4949642014722298
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.690264148997437
- Mean Citation Score: 123.558166
- Max Citation Score: 161.77053999999995
- Similarity Product: 100.28620340979812

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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