PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15897555
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["188", "00111W"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for indicating air disc brake pad wear includes a housing having a proximate end and a distal end; wherein a first opening is located at the proximate end. The housing receives a first rigid member having a proximate end and a distal end and partially contained in the housing, the first rigid member distal end extending from the distal end of the housing and configured to attach to an associated inboard disk brake pad assembly. The first rigid member moves linearly in response to the movement of the associated disc brake pad such that the proximate end of the first rigid member as seen through the first opening recedes as the associated disc brake pad wears. The housing may also receive a second rigid member configured to attach to a carrier of the air disc brake assembly for determining wear on an outboard disc brake pad.

Claim (Index 9):
A vehicle disc brake assembly comprising:\n a brake caliper; a brake carrier arranged to receive the brake caliper; a rotor; and an inboard brake pad assembly installed in the brake carrier, the inboard brake pad assembly having a retaining device; and a brake pad wear apparatus mounted on the brake caliper comprising:\n a housing having a proximate end and a distal end; wherein a first opening is located at the proximate end; \n a first rigid member having a proximate end and a distal end and partially contained in the housing, the first rigid member distal end extending from the distal end of the housing and configured to attach to the inboard brake pad assembly; wherein the first rigid member moves linearly in response to the movement of the inboard brake pad assembly such that the proximate end of the first rigid member as seen through the first opening recedes as the inboard brake pad assembly wears; and \n a second rigid member partially contained in the housing, the second rigid member distal end extending from the distal end of the housing and configured to attach to the brake carrier on the same side of the brake carrier as the inboard brake pad assembly, wherein the second rigid member moves linearly in response to the movement of the associated component such that the proximate end of the second rigid member as seen through a second opening in the housing recedes as the brake carrier moves.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 9.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.40625
- Patent Class: 188.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15007982', '14942115', '15007961', '15007946', '13925241']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8395341065556507
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4682795833287909
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8024086542329648
- Mean Citation Score: 248.208086
- Max Citation Score: 264.84665
- Similarity Product: 208.61487497935

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

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