PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15749570
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["074", "493000"]

Abstract:
Non-circular portions ( 41 ) are provided in two positions of an adjusting rod ( 17 a ) in an axial direction, and the non-circular portions ( 41 ) are disposed inside of telescopic-adjusting long holes ( 16 a ) of a displacement bracket ( 13 a ). Up-down-direction clearances ( 44 a  and  44 b ) which are present between opposite edges of each of the non-circular portions ( 41 ) in an up-down direction and inner surfaces of each of the telescopic-adjusting long holes ( 16 a ) in the up-down direction in a state where a position of a steering wheel can be maintained are less than up-down-direction clearances ( 43 a  and  43 b ) which are present between the opposite edges of each of the non-circular portions ( 41 ) in the up-down direction and the inner surfaces of each of the telescopic-adjusting long holes ( 16 a ) in the up-down direction in a state where the position of the steering wheel can be adjusted. As a result, a structure can be realized in which the position of the steering wheel can be adjusted in an unlocked state, and in which the feeling of support rigidity of the steering wheel in a locked state can be improved.

Claim (Index 1):
A position-adjusting device for a steering wheel comprising:\n a steering column that is provided around a steering shaft having an end portion, to which a steering wheel is fixed, and rotatably supports the steering shaft; a displacement bracket that is fixed to a part of the steering column; a first through hole that is provided in the displacement bracket while penetrating through the displacement bracket in a width direction; a fixing bracket that includes a pair of support plate portions and is fixed to a vehicle body side, the support plate portions being provided to hold the displacement bracket between opposite sides thereof in the width direction; a pair of second through holes that are provided in portions matching the support plate portions, respectively; an adjusting rod that is provided while being inserted into the first through hole and the second through holes in the width direction; a pair of pressing portions that are provided in portions protruding from outer surfaces of the support plate portions in opposite end portions of the adjusting rod; and an expanding-contracting mechanism that expands or contracts a gap between the pressing portions; wherein at least either the first through hole or each of the second through holes is an adjusting long hole that is long in a position adjusting direction in which a position of the steering wheel is adjustable, when the expanding-contracting mechanism expands or contracts, the adjusting rod rotates, the adjusting rod has a clearance adjusting portion, the clearance adjusting portion is disposed inside of the adjusting long hole, and in a state where the position of the steering wheel is maintainable, a clearance between an outer peripheral surface of the clearance adjusting portion and an inner surface of the adjusting long hole in a direction perpendicular to the position adjusting direction is less than a clearance between the outer peripheral surface of the clearance adjusting portion and the inner surface of the adjusting long hole in the direction perpendicular to the position adjusting direction in a state where the position of the steering wheel is adjustable.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.22059
- Patent Class: 74.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15123002', '14239982', '15302704', '15127883', '15527863']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.823777034364949
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4555309582023399
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7869524267486881
- Mean Citation Score: 268.084428
- Max Citation Score: 274.91373
- Similarity Product: 250.6417672045933

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