PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15887930
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["188", "312000"]

Abstract:
Generally described, aspects of the disclosed subject matter are directed to through-shaft dampers. In accordance with aspects of the present disclosure, the through-shaft dampers generally include a shaft having a piston traveling within a body, a first chamber for a damping fluid, and a second chamber for a gas. The chambers are separated by a movable wall associated with an insert and configured to provide a volumetric change of the second chamber that is inverse to a volumetric change of the damping fluid. The insert is configured such that the sealing surfaces of the movable wall do not interface the shaft during use of the damper. In this regard, a significant reduction in the total displacement traveled by the seals is realized.

Claim (Index 8):
A through-shaft damper, comprising:\n an elongate damper body comprising a central bore defining a first chamber configured to retain damping fluid, the elongate damper body having an aperture at a distal end; a shaft slidingly disposed within the central bore and extending through the aperture; an insert coupled to the distal end of the elongate damper body, the insert surrounding the shaft and extending from the distal end into the first chamber; a second chamber positioned adjacent the distal end within the bore and configured to retain a gas, the second chamber partially defined by an external surface of the insert; and a movable wall associated with the insert and providing fluid separation between the first chamber and the second chamber, wherein the movable wall is configured to provide a volumetric change of the second chamber that is inverse to a volumetric change of the damping fluid.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.83333
- Patent Class: 188.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15338099', '15338131', '13792151', '15084375', '15048931']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8287050134481715
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5338454242496391
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7992190545283183
- Mean Citation Score: 262.801802
- Max Citation Score: 441.04163
- Similarity Product: 392.7182642461944

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

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