PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15906072
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["192", "066320"]

Abstract:
A clutch assembly including a cover and a mounting ring having a plurality of arms extending outwardly to a strap mount. The assembly includes strap springs. Each strap spring has a first end connected to the strap mount and a second end opposite the first. The clutch assembly includes an annular pressure plate and a plurality of outwardly extending tabs. Each tab is releasably connected to the second end of a corresponding strap spring so the strap springs biases the pressure plate away from the flywheel. The assembly includes a keeper and a resilient diaphragm spring that biases the pressure plate toward the flywheel, deforming each strap spring, so the strap spring biases the annular pressure plate away from the flywheel. The diaphragm ring is resiliently deformable to a deformed position, allowing each strap spring to move the pressure plate away from the flywheel.

Claim (Index 1):
A clutch assembly, comprising:\n a cover having an outer flange surrounding a central axis adapted for connecting to a flywheel for turning about the central axis of the cover; a mounting ring releasably connected to the cover, said mounting ring including an engagement fulcrum centered about the central axis and a plurality of arms extending outwardly to a strap mount; a plurality of resilient strap springs, each strap spring of said plurality of strap springs having a first end releasably connected to the strap mount of a corresponding arm of said plurality of arms and a second end opposite the first end; an annular pressure plate having a plurality of outwardly extending tabs, each tab of said plurality of tabs being releasably connected to the second end of a corresponding strap spring of said plurality of strap springs so the plurality of strap springs biases the pressure plate away from the flywheel when the cover flange is connected to the flywheel; a keeper releasably connected to the mounting ring, said keeper including a release fulcrum centered about the central axis and opposing the engagement fulcrum of the mounting ring at a predetermined distance from the engagement fulcrum; and a resilient diaphragm spring captured between the engagement fulcrum of the mounting ring and the release fulcrum of the keeper, said diaphragm spring having an annular spring body and a plurality of levers, each lever of said plurality of levers extending inwardly from the spring body to an inner end; wherein the diaphragm ring biases the annular pressure plate toward the flywheel when the cover is connected to the flywheel, thereby deforming each strap spring of said plurality of strap springs to a configuration in which the strap spring biases the annular pressure plate away from the flywheel when the cover is connected to the flywheel; and wherein the diaphragm ring is resiliently deformable by axially displacing the inner ends of the plurality of levers to a deformed position thereby rotating the spring body between the engagement fulcrum and the release fulcrum against the bias of the diaphragm ring and allowing each strap spring of said plurality of strap springs to move the pressure plate away from the flywheel when the cover is connected to the flywheel to disengage the flywheel.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 10.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.61017
- Patent Class: 192.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11604752', '11604753', '13817122', '13805066', '13824115']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8387093251651422
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4725978765097145
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8020981802995995
- Mean Citation Score: 280.804928
- Max Citation Score: 299.1496
- Similarity Product: 216.61534681153304

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

Dataset: test