PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15769129
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["280", "093510"]

Abstract:
A tie rod end includes a body portion having a curved portion and extending in a rod shape, an engaging portion with a tie rod provided at one end of the body portion, and a connecting portion with a knuckle arm provided at the other end of the body portion, and constitutes a part of a vehicle steering apparatus used for steering a vehicle. The body portion made of an aluminum warm-forged material is provided so that an outer curved portion is oriented toward a front of the vehicle when attached to the vehicle. Dimension in a vehicle height direction of the body portion is larger at an inner curved portion than at the outer curved portion. It is possible to obtain the tie rod end capable of securing sufficient rigidity against stress concentration inside the curved portion.

Claim (Index 1):
A tie rod end comprising:\n a body portion having a curved portion and extending in a rod shape; an engaging portion with a tie rod provided at one end of the body portion; and a connecting portion with a knuckle arm provided at the other end of the body portion, the tie rod end constituting a part of a vehicle steering apparatus used for steering a vehicle, wherein the body portion is made of an aluminum warm-forged material, the body portion is provided so that an outer side of the curved portion is oriented toward a front of the vehicle when attached to the vehicle, and a dimension in a vehicle height direction of the body portion is larger at an inner side of the curved portion than at the outer side of the curved portion, and is larger at the inner side of the curved portion than at a central portion connecting the inner side and the outer side of the curved portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.16418
- Patent Class: 280.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13675529', '14610352', '12046722', '14178976', '11652652']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8173041512229977
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4633688933353789
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7819106254342358
- Mean Citation Score: 162.14314
- Max Citation Score: 166.06212
- Similarity Product: 129.98926356685638

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

Dataset: test