PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15954268
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["267", "140130"]

Abstract:
A suspension element includes a main body having an internal volume configured to contain a liquid therein, a tubular element extending at least partially within the main body, the tubular element having an internal volume that defines a first fluid chamber configured to contain a compressible gas therein, a first piston separating the internal volume of the main body into a second fluid chamber and a third fluid chamber, a second piston positioned to separate the first fluid chamber from the second fluid chamber, and a flow control element disposed along a flow path between the second fluid chamber and the third fluid chamber. Movement of the tubular element generates a flow of the liquid through the flow control element to produce a damping force and changes the pressure of the compressible gas to produce a spring force.

Claim (Index 13):
A suspension assembly, comprising:\n a wheel end assembly; an upper support arm coupled to the wheel end assembly; a lower support arm coupled to the wheel end assembly; a suspension element coupled to at least one of the upper support arm and the lower support arm, the suspension element comprising:\n a main body having an internal volume; \n a tubular element extending at least partially within the main body, wherein the tubular element has an internal volume that defines a first fluid chamber, and wherein the main body and the tubular element each include a sidewall having an inner surface and an outer surface; \n a first piston assembly separating the internal volume of the main body into a second fluid chamber and a third fluid chamber, the third fluid chamber defined by at least portions of the outer surface of the tubular element, the inner surface of the main body, and a surface of the first piston assembly; \n a second piston assembly positioned to separate the first fluid chamber from the second fluid chamber; and \n at least one flow control element disposed along a flow path between the second fluid chamber and the third fluid chamber and configured to permit flow therethrough in both a first direction and an opposing second direction, wherein the sidewall of the main body defines an aperture therethrough that forms a portion of the flow path, and wherein the first piston assembly is configured to prevent direct fluid communication between the second fluid chamber and the third fluid chamber during an extension and a contraction of the tubular element.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.54386
- Patent Class: 267.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14684082', '13830808', '12904696', '14664393', '13792151']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7132218573281269
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5060892740304997
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6925085989983643
- Mean Citation Score: 234.624862
- Max Citation Score: 333.1232
- Similarity Product: 283.5179083681107

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

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