PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15877913
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["267", "064270"]

Abstract:
A support ring used as part of an air spring assembly, where the support ring provides support for a top cap against radial forces applied by a clamping ring. The support ring is made of a plastic material which is less costly than a metal support ring. The plastic material is a high creep resistance plastic material, which provides increased strength and improved creep resistance, to withstand the compressive radial forces of the clamping ring. Once the support ring is formed, the top cap, which is also made of plastic, is overmolded such that a portion of the top cap is overmolded around the support ring. The high creep resistance plastic material is oriented during the injection molding process around the entire circumference of the support ring, to provide sufficient strength to withstand the radial forces from the clamping ring.

Claim (Index 8):
A method of securing a bellow to a top cap as part of an air spring assembly, comprising the steps of:\n providing a top cap from a first plastic material to include a support area; providing a support ring made of a second plastic material, wherein the second plastic material is different than the first plastic material; providing a clamping ring; providing a bellow; providing at least one free end being part of the bellow; integrally forming a portion of the top cap from the first plastic material around the support ring such that the support ring is disposed radially inward of the support area and reinforces the support area; placing the at least one free end of the bellow between the clamping ring and the support area of the top cap; and connecting the clamping ring to the top cap such that the at least one free end of the bellow is disposed between the clamping ring and the support area of the top cap, the clamping ring circumscribes the support area, and the clamping ring applies force to the support area of the top cap, securing the free end of the bellow to the top cap.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.375
- Patent Class: 267.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14516801', '15293328', '13635625', '15135892', '12897049']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6825572967407477
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4603583912648912
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6603374061931621
- Mean Citation Score: 141.919124
- Max Citation Score: 174.58495
- Similarity Product: 131.91413624570367

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

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