PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15994267
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["192", "058500"]

Abstract:
A viscous clutch ( 20; 120; 220 ) includes an input member ( 24; 126; 224 ), an output member ( 26; 124; 226 ), a working chamber ( 38; 138; 238 ), a reservoir ( 36; 136; 236; 504; 604; 704; 804; 904; 1004; 1104 ) to hold a supply of a shear fluid, an outlet ( 36 - 2; 182; 236 - 2; 512; 612; 712; 812; 912; 1012; 1112 ), a return bore ( 26 - 2; 124 B;  226 - 2 ), an accumulator ( 72; 502; 602; 702; 802; 902; 1002; 1102 ), and a first wall ( 70 - 1; 170; 270; 506; 606; 706; 806; 906; 1006; 1106 ) having an arcuate segment ( 70 - 1 A;  506 B;  606 B;  706 B;  806 B;  906 B;  1006 B;  1106 B). The reservoir is connected to the working chamber by a fluid circuit, along which the outlet passes the shear fluid from the reservoir to the working chamber and the return bore returns the shear fluid pumped out of the working chamber to the accumulator. The accumulator is arranged in series with the reservoir in the fluid circuit. The first wall is positioned within the reservoir to separate a first portion from a second portion.

Claim (Index 43):
A viscous clutch comprising:\n an input member; an output member; a working chamber defined between the input member and the output member; a reservoir to hold a supply of a shear fluid, the reservoir fluidically connected to the working chamber by a fluid circuit; an outlet bore to pass the shear fluid from the reservoir to the working chamber along the fluid circuit; a return bore to return the shear fluid pumped out of the working chamber along the fluid circuit; a first wall having an arcuate segment, wherein the first wall is positioned within the reservoir to separate a first portion of the reservoir from a second portion of the reservoir; and a second wall having an arcuate segment, the second wall positioned within the reservoir radially adjacent to the first wall to separate a third portion of the reservoir from the first and second portions of the reservoir.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.58879
- Patent Class: 192.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15780415', '14851477', '14775002', '15758478', '14428255']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8429920510755896
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5237719225516755
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8110700382231982
- Mean Citation Score: 330.07828600000005
- Max Citation Score: 444.25873
- Similarity Product: 398.2065049054313

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

Dataset: test