PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15742863
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["280", "780000"]

Abstract:
A vehicle fitted with a steering device including a steering mechanism protected by a steering casing, the steering casing itself being housed in an engine compartment that is separated from the interior of the vehicle by a dashboard, the steering device also including a steering wheel, located in the interior, and to which the steering mechanism is connected by a steering column that extends out of the steering casing and passes through the dashboard, the vehicle including, in order to provide a seal around the steering column, between the steering casing and the dashboard, an elastomeric coupling gasket including, in a single piece, a central first sealing ring that surrounds and clamps around the steering column and a peripheral second sealing ring that is inserted between the steering casing and the dashboard, at a distance from and around the first sealing ring.

Claim (Index 12):
The method according to  claim 11  wherein it includes a step comprising firstly mounting on the steering casing, in order to ensure the sealing around the steering column, between the steering casing and the bulkhead, the coupling seal made of elastomer material which comprises integrally, on the one hand, a first central sealing ring and, on the other hand, a second peripheral sealing ring, the coupling seal being mounted on the steering casing by engaging the first sealing ring on the steering column, so that the first sealing ring surrounds and clasps the steering column allowing the steering column to pass across the coupling seal, and depressing the coupling seal until the coupling seal abuts against an endplate of the steering casing, and then comprising placing the steering device against the bulkhead, by bringing the steering casing closer to the bulkhead until the second sealing ring bears against the bulkhead and is sandwiched between the endplate of the steering casing and the bulkhead, at a distance and around the first sealing ring.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 22.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.48387
- Patent Class: 280.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10976055', '16309035', '10586091', '12197670', '15556876']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8060545384986384
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4723068674020396
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7726797713889785
- Mean Citation Score: 162.76661800000005
- Max Citation Score: 173.44433999999995
- Similarity Product: 128.7553689135575

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

Dataset: test