PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15923892
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["277", "553000"]

Abstract:
V-springs each with a plurality of V-bodies and wherein each V-body has two legs, one shorter than the other. Seal assemblies each with a sealing element having a spring cavity and having a V-spring located therein, the V-spring having a plurality of V-bodies and wherein each V-body each comprising two legs, a long leg that is longer in length than a short leg. The long leg, the short leg, or both long and short legs of the V-bodies can each have one or more bends or inflection points to change a projection of the long leg, the short leg, or both.

Claim (Index 18):
A method of manufacturing a seal assembly, said method comprising: forming a sealing element, said a sealing element having an inside flange with a sealing lip, an outside flange with a sealing lip, and a center channel section defining a spring cavity, said outside flange extending in a first direction a longer distance than said inside flange;\n placing a V-spring in the spring cavity, said V-spring comprising a plurality of V-bodies and wherein each V-body comprises a long leg extending in the first direction a longer distance than a short leg; and wherein said short leg has a terminal edge and wherein said short leg is biased against an inside surface of said inside flange or biased against an inside surface of sand outside flange.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.17647
- Patent Class: 277.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15792267', '14216895', '14475356', '15011207', '14494913']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.80008507510499
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4875121838993358
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7688277859844246
- Mean Citation Score: 203.283944
- Max Citation Score: 210.8908
- Similarity Product: 142.71561088819504

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

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