PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15749035
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["280", "086750"]

Abstract:
The invention makes it easy to link wheel alignment inspections to improving stability when traveling and to suppressing uneven tire wear. The straight running state of a vehicle is verified (S 1 ), and the vehicle is placed on a tester in the straight running state (S 2 ). The wheel alignment of the vehicle in the straight running state is measured using the tester (S 3 ). The individual toe of each front wheel and each rear wheel is adjusted to eliminate differences between the left and right wheels (S 4 ). The wheel alignment, such as the included angle, is measured again, and the causes of any wheel alignment failures are narrowed down on the basis of the measurement results (S 5  to S 7 ). Wheel alignment failures impacting steering pull or uneven tire wear are evaluated on the basis of the results of the measurements in S 3  (S 8 ).

Claim (Index 3):
The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the second alignment measurement step includes a step of measuring a third turning angle of the right front wheel, while the left front wheel is rotated in the first direction so that a turning angle of the left front wheel is the full-lock or a second angle which is different from the first angle, and a step of measuring a fourth turning angle of the left front wheel, while the right front wheel is rotated in the second direction so that the turning angle of the right front wheel is the full-lock or the second angle; and\n wherein, in the second evaluation step, a cause of the defect of the wheel alignment is evaluated by evaluating a change in deviation of the turning angle with respect to the turning angle of the front wheels, based at least on the first turning angle to the fourth turning angle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.16456
- Patent Class: 280.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11245836', '12404883', '15085490', '12671070', '10902138']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8119281714397226
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5041395665147167
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7811493109472221
- Mean Citation Score: 225.738576
- Max Citation Score: 233.95349
- Similarity Product: 162.57983858657718

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

Dataset: test