PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15919786
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["060", "602000"]

Abstract:
A wastegate valve includes a swing arm, a valve body including a valve stem inserted through an insertion hole of the swing arm and a valve plate configured to close a wastegate port, a support plate being fixed to an end of the valve stem on a side opposite to the valve plate, and an elastic member biasing the valve plate in a extending direction of the valve stem. The elastic member includes a plurality of first lug portions and a plurality of second lug portions projecting from an outer peripheral edge of a connecting portion of the elastic member. The first lug portions and the second lug portions curve toward different sides in the extending direction of the valve stem.

Claim (Index 1):
A wastegate valve for a turbocharger, the wastegate valve comprising:\n a swing arm rotatably supported by a turbine housing of the turbocharger, the swing arm having an insertion hole; a valve body including a valve stem and a valve plate, the valve stem being inserted through the insertion hole, the valve plate being provided in an end of the valve stem, the valve plate being configured to close a wastegate port by abutting with the turbine housing; a support plate, the support plate being fixed to a part of the valve stem, the part being projecting from the insertion hole, the part being on an opposite side of the valve stem with respect to the valve plate; and an elastic member, the elastic member including an annular connecting portion through which the valve stem is inserted, and a plurality of lug portions, the lug portions being projecting radially outwardly from an outer peripheral edge of the connecting portion and curving toward an extending direction of the valve stem, wherein: the valve body is tiltably fixed to the swing arm; the elastic member is sandwiched at least between the support plate and the swing arm or between the swing arm and the valve plate; the elastic member biases the valve body in the extending direction of the valve stem; and the lug portions include a plurality of first lug portions curving toward a first side in the extending direction of the valve stem, and a plurality of second lug portions curving toward a second side in the extending direction of the valve stem.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.30909
- Patent Class: 60.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14368538', '14955104', '15913970', '12315264', '15894244']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.712950899047191
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4488714055678465
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6865429496992566
- Mean Citation Score: 177.97318800000005
- Max Citation Score: 199.18066
- Similarity Product: 179.5232529137731

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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