PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15752538
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["060", "278000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus comprises an engine, an exhaust manifold fluidly coupled thereto, and an auxiliary system positioned downstream of and fluidly coupled to the exhaust manifold. A slip joint assembly fluidly couples the exhaust manifold to the auxiliary system and includes a slip joint male portion fluidly coupled to the exhaust manifold which includes a plurality of lobes positioned on an outer surface of the male portion. The male portion defines a first passageway in fluidic communication with the exhaust manifold. The assembly also includes a slip joint female portion fluidly coupled to the auxiliary system and including a second passageway. The male portion is insertable into the female portion for fluidly coupling the male portion to the female portion. Only the plurality of lobes contact an inner surface of the second passageway. Moreover, the male portion is axially slidable within the second passageway while maintaining the fluid coupling therebetween.

Claim (Index 11):
A slip joint assembly, comprising:\n a slip joint male portion including a plurality of lobes positioned on at least a portion of an outer surface of the slip joint male portion, the slip joint male portion defining a first passageway; and a slip joint female defining a second passageway, wherein the slip joint male portion is insertable into the slip joint female portion, thereby fluidly coupling the slip joint male portion to the slip joint female portion such that only the plurality of lobes of the slip joint male portion contact an inner surface of the second passageway of the slip joint female portion, the slip joint male portion axially slidable within the second passageway while maintaining the fluid coupling therebetween.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 57.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.52381
- Patent Class: 60.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11509804', '13440121', '15560103', '14015240', '13869936']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7140982563864452
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4904647505344826
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.691734905801249
- Mean Citation Score: 199.452048
- Max Citation Score: 237.83203
- Similarity Product: 156.10635862129928

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

Dataset: test