PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15972704
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["428", "099000"]

Abstract:
An isolator for damping heat and vibrations between a heat shield and heat source is provided. The isolator includes a housing and a washer. The housing surrounds a center opening and extends axially from a first end portion to a second end portion and includes an intermediate portion therebetween. The housing has a serpentine shape. The first end portion and the intermediate portion of the housing clamp a washer therebetween, and the second end portion and the intermediate portion of the housing clamp the heat shield therebetween. The washer includes a plurality of through openings between an outer periphery and the center opening for enhancing vibration dampening and minimizing heat transfer from the heat source to the heat shield. The isolator optionally includes a collar member disposed along the center opening of the washer to facilitate mounting of the isolator to the heat source.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of manufacturing an isolator for damping heat and vibrations between a heat shield and heat source, the method comprising the step of:\n providing a washer extending radially from an outer periphery to a center opening, the washer including a plurality of through openings between the outer periphery and the center opening for enhancing vibration dampening and minimizing heat transfer from the heat source to the heat shield; providing a housing surrounding a center opening, the housing extending from a first end portion to a second end portion and including an intermediate portion therebetween; bending the housing so that the first end portion extends radially inwardly; disposing the outer periphery of the washer between the first end portion and the intermediate portion of the housing; and bending the housing so that the second end portion extends radially outwardly to form an annular pocket between the second end portion and the intermediate portion, the second annular pocket facing away from the center opening for receiving the heat shield.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.71429
- Patent Class: 428.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15134568', '12888663', '12524856', '13399399', '15652649']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8892752337231589
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5730626384805431
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8576539741988972
- Mean Citation Score: 249.458886
- Max Citation Score: 497.8392
- Similarity Product: 385.5963478363037

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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