PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15759453
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["188", "280000"]

Abstract:
A shock absorber including: a first passage ( 101 ) allowing working fluid to flow out from one chamber ( 19 ) as a result of movement of a piston ( 18 ); a second passage ( 181 ) provided in parallel with the first passage; a damping force generating mechanism ( 41 ) provided in the first passage, and configured to generate a damping force; a tubular case member ( 140 ) including at least a part of the second passage formed therein; an annular disc ( 134 ) supported on an inner peripheral side or an outer peripheral side in the case member. An annular seal member ( 156 ) configured to seal a gap to the case member is provided on a non-supported side of the annular disc. The shock absorber further includes two chambers ( 171, 172 ) in the case member, which are defined and provided by the disc. The disc is configured to block flow to the second passage.

Claim (Index 11):
A shock absorber comprising:\n a cylinder sealingly enclosing working fluid; a piston slidably fitted in the cylinder and partitioning an inside of the cylinder into two chambers; a piston rod including one end side coupled to the piston and an opposite end side extending to an outside of the cylinder; a first passage allowing the working fluid to flow out from one of the chambers in the cylinder as a result of movement of the piston; a second passage provided in parallel with the first passage; a damping force generating mechanism provided in the first passage, and configured to generate a damping force; a tubular case member including at least a part of the second passage formed therein; a shaft part disposed in the case member; a flexible annular disc disposed in the case member while being passed through by the shaft part, and supported on an inner peripheral side or an outer peripheral side, an annular elastic seal member configured to seal a gap between the flexible annular disc and the case member or a gap between the flexible annular disc and the shaft part on a non-supported side being provided; and two chambers in the case member which are defined and provided by the disc, wherein the disc is configured to block flow to at least one side of the second passage, wherein an annular gap is provided between the disc and the case member or the shaft part, and wherein the elastic seal member is provided by being fixed to both surfaces of the disc via the gap.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.13253
- Patent Class: 188.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15759426', '14347149', '12963739', '12892290', '14776015']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8442825322503532
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4537759453157148
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8052318735568894
- Mean Citation Score: 257.08006800000004
- Max Citation Score: 261.13107
- Similarity Product: 245.5478767356045

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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