PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15927160
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["108", "054100"]

Abstract:
A modular reconfigurable vehicle assembly pallet system and method are disclosed. In one example, a plurality of modular assembly plates are assembled having vehicle locators positioned specifically for a particular model vehicle. The assembled vehicle-specific plates are easily installed on a universal pallet positioned along an assembly line in an assembly sequence. The vehicle-specific modular plates can be quickly interchanged on the assembly pallet to thereby reconfigure the assembly pallet to coordinate with changing vehicle build assembly sequences.

Claim (Index 14):
A method for reconfiguring an assembly pallet for use in the assembly of vehicle bodies, the method comprising the steps of:\n providing a universal support pallet having at least a first and a second receiver; providing a plurality of plates each having a plurality of plate locators; assembling a first modular plate having a riser connected to one of the plurality of plates in a predetermined X and Y coordinate position specific to a first vehicle model; assembling a second modular plate having a riser connected to one of the plurality of plates in a predetermined X and Y coordinate position specific to a second vehicle model, the predetermined X and Y coordinate position of the riser for the first modular plate is different than the second modular plate; transferring one of the first or the second modular plates to the universal pallet; and selectively and removably engaging one of the first or the second modular plates to the universal pallet through engaging of the plurality of plate locators with respective of the first and the second receivers thereby positioning the riser in a predetermined X, Y and Z coordinate position specific to the respective first or the second vehicle model.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 36.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.59615
- Patent Class: 108.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14700396', '13219755', '15333546', '14968126', '13633461']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.704233120778885
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5063408243937088
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6844438911403674
- Mean Citation Score: 204.692102
- Max Citation Score: 229.37003
- Similarity Product: 166.01292904670714

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

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