PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15866190
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["277", "399000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates generally to seal rings useful in rotating systems such as automobile transmissions, torque converters and automatic clutches. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a seal ring in which the first end includes a platform in a radially inward portion of each lateral region thereof, and a vertically-extending blade in a radially outward portion of its central region; and the second end of the seal ring has two vertically extending fingers in a radially outward portion of each lateral region thereof, and a platform in a radially inward portion of its central region. When the ends are engaged, a portion of the extension of the blade is disposed radially directly over the central platform, a portion of each finger is disposed radially directly over a lateral platform, and the blade of the central region of the first end is disposed between the fingers.

Claim (Index 1):
A seal ring comprising a circular ring body extending between a first end and a second end engageable with the first end, the circular ring body comprising\n an inner circumferential face; an outer circumferential face opposing the inner circumferential face having a first lateral edge and an opposed second lateral edge; a first lateral face extending between the inner circumferential face and the opposing outer circumferential face; and a second lateral face opposing the first lateral face, disposed between the inner circumferential face and the opposing outer circumferential face; wherein\n the first end includes a central region and two lateral regions, one on each lateral side of the central region, and the second end of the seal ring includes a central region and two lateral regions, one on each lateral side of the central region, such that when the first end is engaged with the second end to provide a circular ring seal, the central region of the first end is laterally aligned with the central region of the second end; \n the first end includes a platform in a radially inward portion of each of the lateral regions thereof, and a vertically-extending blade in a radially outward portion of the central region thereof, the blade extending circumferentially beyond the platforms, forming an extension of the blade; and \n the second end including two vertically extending fingers in a radially outward portion of each lateral region thereof, and a platform in a radially inward portion of the central region thereof, the platform extending circumferentially beyond the base of the fingers and being accessible from a radial outward side of the central region of the second end; and \n wherein when the first end is engaged with the second end,\n at least a portion of the extension of the blade of the central region of the first end that extends beyond the platforms of the lateral regions of the first end is disposed radially directly over the platform of the central region of the second end, \n at least a portion of each of the fingers of the lateral regions of the second end is disposed radially directly over a platform of a lateral region of the first end, \n and the blade of the central region of the first end is disposed between the fingers of the lateral regions of the second end.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.37879
- Patent Class: 277.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15866193', '15277575', '11165367', '13665536', '14513351']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7915400772993623
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4593414558620915
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7583202151556352
- Mean Citation Score: 194.909496
- Max Citation Score: 215.89702000000003
- Similarity Product: 199.38044788256173

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

Dataset: test