PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16070234
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["385", "135000"]

Abstract:
Aspects and techniques of the present disclosure relate to an IP 55 rated enclosure that does not use a rubber O-ring or comparable elastomeric sealing member disposed between pieces of the enclosure to provide sealing. Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to an IP 55 compliant sealing interface that includes mating sealing profiles made of the identical materials. A further aspect of the present disclosure relates to an enclosure having jet stream redirecting structures that prevent spray from a water jet from being sprayed directly into an ingress path defined by a sealing interface. A further aspect of the present disclosure relates to a sealing interface provided by an interference-fit between two plastic profiles which create pressure on the interface keeping it closed while concurrently including angled surfaces so that greater tolerances are allowed.

Claim (Index 16):
An enclosure comprising:\n a housing including a front cover piece and a rear base piece, the front cover piece being movable relative to the rear base piece between a closed position and an open position, the front cover piece mating with the rear base piece at a perimeter sealing interface when in the closed position, the front cover piece and the rear base piece cooperating to define an interior of the housing when the front cover piece is in the closed position, the interior of the housing being accessible when the front cover piece is in the open position, the housing having a major front side defined by the front cover piece and a major rear side defined by the rear base piece, the housing further including a top side, a bottom side, a left side and right side, the front cover piece being pivotally connected to the rear base piece by a hinge at the top side of the housing that allows the front cover piece to be pivoted relative to the rear base piece between the closed and open positions, the perimeter sealing interface extending along at least the left side, the top side and the right side of the housing; and the perimeter sealing interface including a first sealing element unitarily formed with a main body of the front cover piece and a second sealing element unitarily formed with a main body of the rear base piece, the first sealing element defining a first sealing profile and the second sealing element defining a second sealing profile, the first and second sealing profiles interlocking when the front cover piece is in the closed position to provide inner and outer perimeter sealing regions separated by an expanded intermediate water pressure relief cavity, the intermediate water pressure relief cavity forming a drainage channel having open drainage ends adjacent the bottom side of the housing for draining via gravity water that collects in the water pressure relief cavity.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.69512
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14116698', '13859076', '15369399', '15760204', '15760208']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8143123693521187
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4852154915612244
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7814026815730293
- Mean Citation Score: 210.14832400000003
- Max Citation Score: 223.82042
- Similarity Product: 172.62597020628812

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

Dataset: test