PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16133085
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["213", "06700R"]

Abstract:
A selective cushioning apparatus for a railway car absorbs draft and buff loads applied to a coupler of a railway car during train assembly and normal operation. The apparatus according to the invention provides better cushioning than a conventional draft gear without the excessive travel and maintenance issues of a hydraulic cushioning unit. In embodiments, the selective cushioning unit is adapted to fit into an AAR standard pocket for a hydraulic cushioning unit.

Claim (Index 4):
The end-of-car cushioning apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein,\n each elastomeric unit in the first stack comprises a metal plate having a vertically oriented face and an elastomeric member in a middle portion of the vertically oriented face; wherein at least one of said plates comprises an edge portion extending around the elastomeric member, said edge portion having a front surface feature that cooperates with a rear surface in an edge portion of an adjacent plate; and wherein at full compression of the first stack, contact between the front surface feature and the rear surface of an adjacent plate prevents compression of an elastomeric member between them beyond a predetermined thickness.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.54
- Patent Class: 213.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15814853', '12150777', '12150808', '12510403', '12501591']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6594426771494305
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5388100246643102
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6473794119009185
- Mean Citation Score: 339.208282
- Max Citation Score: 461.6007
- Similarity Product: 441.3494096766472

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