PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15957515
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["188", "00111E"]

Abstract:
A method in which at least one piezoceramic sensor, which converts every mechanical force to which it is subjected into an electrical signal and having a Curie temperature higher than 200° C., is solidarized directly onto the surface of a metal support element of a vehicle braking element, which during use faces a vehicle element to be braked. While in contact with such a surface, an electrical circuit is implemented that picks up and eventually processes the electrical signal, the electrical circuit being connected with a connector integrated with the metal support element. An electrically insulating layer sandwiches the at least one piezoceramic sensor and the electrical circuit, and a block of friction material with an underlying damping layer is formed upon the electrically insulating layer. After forming the block of friction material, the piezoceramic sensor is polarized by applying a predetermined potential difference thereto by means of the connector.

Claim (Index 6):
A friction element capable of sensing an external compression force applied to the friction element, the friction element comprising:\n a support element; a friction material attached to the support element; a piezoceramic sensor positioned between the support element and the friction material, the piezoceramic sensor configured to generate an electrical signal according to the piezoelectric effect and to output the electrical signal; an electrical circuit on the support element, the electrical circuit configured to receive the electrical signal output by the piezoceramic sensor; an interconnection element attached to the support element and configured to receive, via the electrical circuit, the electrical signal from the piezoceramic sensor; a dampening and thermally insulating layer positioned between the support element and the friction material; and an electrically insulating layer positioned between the electrical circuit and the dampening and thermally insulating layer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.89412
- Patent Class: 188.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15184806', '14106262', '14785213', '15167883', '15323186']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8638277574861284
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5082677492251468
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8282717566600302
- Mean Citation Score: 319.34908000000013
- Max Citation Score: 374.1247
- Similarity Product: 332.67151672465207

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