PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16196811
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["280", "005514"]

Abstract:
The present invention is a system for adjusting the height of vehicles. The vehicle is supported by a hollow cylinder and a piston having an undersized piston skirt is mounted on the suspension system's coil spring, and sealingly slidable within the cylinder bore. When a fluid is introduced into the expandable pressure space between the piston and the cylinder top, the piston and cylinder are forced apart, raising the vehicle. The undersized piston skirt can extend beyond the end of the cylinder, allowing the piston a greater travel length within the cylinder bore. The invention may be operated manually by a vehicle driver through push buttons, which can be the vehicle's existing cruise control buttons. Alternatively, the system can be automated using a control unit to automatically adjust ground clearance to avoid collision with obstacles in the vehicle's path. In another embodiment, the lift system, or any lift system, is prevented from activating, and deactivates (if previously activated) if the vehicle is travelling at excessive speed.

Claim (Index 13):
A process for automatically adjusting ground clearance of a vehicle with underbody, said vehicle having a lift system that can controllably lift and lower the underbody to achieve a desired ground clearance, a ground clearance sensor, and a speed sensor, comprising:\n operably connecting a control unit to said lift system, said ground clearance sensor and said speed sensor; wherein, in response to the ground clearance sensor sensing a ground clearance in the vehicle's path to be less than the desired ground clearance, the control unit causes the lift system to automatically lift the underbody; and wherein, in response to the ground clearance sensor sensing a ground clearance in the vehicle's path to be more than the desired ground clearance, the control unit causes the lift system to automatically lower the underbody; wherein, in response to the vehicle speed sensor sensing excessive speed of the vehicle while the underbody is in a lowered position, the control unit prevents activation of the lift system and lifting of the underbody; and wherein, in response to the vehicle speed sensor sensing excessive speed of the vehicle while the underbody is in a raised position, the control unit causes the lift system to automatically deactivate lifting of the underbody by the lift system and lowers the underbody.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.84314
- Patent Class: 280.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15406649', '14954712', '14636065', '14144002', '13595972']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8516253027830769
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6244261370984944
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8289053862146187
- Mean Citation Score: 485.846728
- Max Citation Score: 561.7913
- Similarity Product: 547.3014098591149

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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