PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15933951
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["188", "275000"]

Abstract:
A damper system for a vehicle is provided that includes including a pressure tube, a piston rod, and a piston assembly that is mounted to the piston rod and separates the pressure tube into first and second working chambers. A valve assembly, mounted to the piston assembly, controls fluid flow between the first and second working chambers. A frequency dependent damper assembly, coupled to the piston rod at a position below the piston assembly, includes a plunger sleeve that is longitudinally moveable to transmit an adaptive force to a valve assembly. A plunger travel limiter, positioned longitudinally between the frequency dependent damper assembly and the valve assembly, contacts the plunger sleeve and prevents the plunger sleeve from moving further towards the piston assembly to limit the magnitude of the adaptive force applied to the valve assembly.

Claim (Index 1):
A damper system for a vehicle, comprising:\n a pressure tube containing a hydraulic fluid; a piston rod extending within the pressure tube along a longitudinal axis; a piston assembly slidably fitted in the pressure tube for movement along the longitudinal axis, the piston assembly coupled to the piston rod and separating the pressure tube into a first working chamber and a second working chamber, the piston assembly including a piston body and a valve assembly that controls fluid flow between the first working chamber and the second working chamber; a frequency dependent damper assembly including a damper housing coupled to the piston rod, a plunger sleeve that is longitudinally moveable relative to the damper housing along the longitudinal axis between a rest position and an engaged position, and a plunger chamber disposed between the damper housing and the plunger sleeve that is fluidly connected to at least one of the first working chamber and the second working chamber; wherein an increase in pressure within the plunger chamber creates an adaptive force on the plunger sleeve that moves the plunger sleeve longitudinally towards the piston assembly to the engaged position, the plunger sleeve contacting the valve assembly in the engaged position to transmit the adaptive force to the valve assembly and increase resistance of the valve assembly to opening; and a plunger travel limiter positioned longitudinally between the damper housing and the valve assembly that contacts the plunger sleeve when the plunger sleeve is in the engaged position to restrict the longitudinal movement of the plunger sleeve towards the piston body and limit the adaptive force the plunger sleeve applies to the valve assembly.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 25.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.46667
- Patent Class: 188.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15933993', '15903571', '13606039', '14878397', '14134390']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8485055854962358
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5860223071812988
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8222572576647421
- Mean Citation Score: 347.01334
- Max Citation Score: 541.8530000000002
- Similarity Product: 532.5606168298126

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