PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15774198
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["267", "064270"]

Abstract:
A flexible spring member and bead guard assembly. A gas spring assembly including a flexible spring member with a mounting bead and a bead guard disposed along the mounting bead. A method of manufacturing a gas spring assembly includes providing bead guard, and securing the bead guard along a flexible spring member.

Claim (Index 17):
A gas spring assembly comprising:\n a flexible spring member having a longitudinal axis and extending peripherally about said longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end spaced longitudinally from said first end, said flexible spring member including a flexible wall at least partially formed from an elastomeric material and a mounting bead disposed along said first end, said mounting bead including an inner side surface facing radially inward and an end surface facing away from said second end of said flexible spring member; a first end member including an end member wall with an outer peripheral wall portion disposed radially outward of said mounting bead, said first end member disposed across said first end of said flexible spring member with said outer peripheral wall portion forming a crimped connection around at least a portion of said mounting bead; and, a bead guard including a side wall portion extending longitudinally and a mounting wall portion extending radially outward from along said side wall portion, said bead guard disposed along said first end of said flexible spring member such that said side wall portion faces radially outward toward inner side surface of said mounting bead and said mounting wall portion is disposed between said first end member and said end surface of said mounting bead.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.33333
- Patent Class: 267.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14055492', '14042215', '15033474', '15769382', '14193321']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7497845274824377
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.499202618754742
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7247263366096681
- Mean Citation Score: 304.329238
- Max Citation Score: 322.32224
- Similarity Product: 284.85603283729563

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