PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16133085
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["213", "06700R"]

Abstract:
A selective cushioning apparatus for a railway car absorbs draft and buff loads applied to a coupler of a railway car during train assembly and normal operation. The apparatus according to the invention provides better cushioning than a conventional draft gear without the excessive travel and maintenance issues of a hydraulic cushioning unit. In embodiments, the selective cushioning unit is adapted to fit into an AAR standard pocket for a hydraulic cushioning unit.

Claim (Index 12):
The end of car cushioning apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein the second stack of elastomeric units is a nested set of elastomeric units each comprising a rigid metal plate with an elastomeric pad in a center of each plate, each plate having a protrusion and/or an indentation for nesting with an adjacent plate at full compression of the pads, and wherein the set of elastomeric units is aligned and held together by a rod through a center portion of each plate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 41.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.54
- Patent Class: 213.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15814853', '12150777', '12150808', '12510403', '12501591']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6399197864759363
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5188141933680238
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.627809227165145
- Mean Citation Score: 339.208282
- Max Citation Score: 461.6007
- Similarity Product: 323.6476165203452

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