PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15947194
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["177", "136000"]

Abstract:
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to detect and/or classify a vehicle occupant, such as a passenger seated within the cockpit of a vehicle. An occupant classification system includes an occupant weight sensor, an occupant presence sensor, and a logic device configured to communicate with the occupant sensors. The occupant weight sensor includes at least first and second conductive electrodes separated by a dielectric layer, top and bottom protective plastic layers configured to support the respective first and second conductive electrodes, and adhesive layers disposed between the plastic layers and the conductive electrodes and between the conductive electrodes and the dielectric layer. The top protective plastic layer is longer and/or wider than the first conductive electrode and the bottom protective plastic layer is longer and/or wider than the second conductive electrode to provide edge protection against electrical shorts for the first and second conductive electrodes.

Claim (Index 20):
The method of  claim 16 , wherein:\n the dielectric layer comprises an air gap dielectric supported by a compression spring assembly; the compression spring assembly comprises upper and lower plastic layers supported and held apart to form an air gap by an array of wave springs; the upper and lower plastic layers each comprise one or more alignment assemblies configured to secure and align the upper and lower plastic layers to each other and to secure the array of wave springs between the upper and lower plastic layers; the array of wave springs comprises one or more single-turn, multi-turn, and/or nested wave springs arranged in a square lattice arrangement, an oblique rectangular lattice arrangement, a centered rectangular lattice arrangement, a hexagonal lattice arrangement, and/or a pattern or arrangement configured to provide a particular range of changes in deflections of the first and second conductive electrodes for a corresponding range of weights and/or weight distributions; and the upper and lower plastic layers each comprise one or more patterned recesses and/or mesas formed in inner surfaces of the upper and lower plastic layers that are configured to align and/or secure each individual wave spring of the array of wave springs relative to the upper and lower plastic layers and/or relative to other wave springs in the array of wave springs.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.21429
- Patent Class: 177.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16072475', '11266091', '11475107', '11948730', '12169431']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6163552115808691
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4975593536017832
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6044756257829605
- Mean Citation Score: 205.568734
- Max Citation Score: 211.15443
- Similarity Product: 131.54629542498708

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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