PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15990105
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["429", "087000"]

Abstract:
A battery assembly includes a thermal shield. The thermal shield protects battery cells in the battery assembly from hot gases vented by a neighboring cell experiencing thermal runaway. The thermal shield acts as a one-way valve, allowing the cell experiencing thermal runaway to properly vent away hot gases, but still protecting the rest of the cells in the battery pack from the hot gases.

Claim (Index 1):
A battery assembly comprising:\n a plurality of battery cells; a battery module frame comprising a plurality of battery pockets, each battery pocket including a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and each battery pocket holding at least one of the plurality of battery cells; and a thermal shield comprising a plurality of hole patterns, the thermal shield covering the first ends of the plurality of battery pockets and mechanically contacting the battery module frame, each of the plurality of hole patterns positioned over a corresponding one of the plurality of battery pockets and configured to vent gas from the battery pocket if a battery cell in the battery pocket undergoes thermal runaway and further configured to restrict gas from entering the battery pocket from other battery pockets.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81579
- Patent Class: 429.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14806372', '13695194', '12584074', '12460423', '13585996']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8531607916749984
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4820323088670672
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8160479433942053
- Mean Citation Score: 159.48216200000005
- Max Citation Score: 274.00824
- Similarity Product: 267.71289313400746

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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