PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16090293
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["381", "072000"]

Abstract:
A hearing protector ( 1 ) having an ear cup ( 11 ) forming a space for a wearer's ear. The ear cup has a shell ( 13 ) with an ear facing inner side ( 22 ) and a passageway extending through the shell between the ear facing inner side and an outer side ( 16 ) of the shell. The ear cup further has a loudspeaker assembly which seals the passageway from the outer side. The loud speaker assembly further has a seal member ( 18 ) and a loudspeaker module ( 17 ). A portion of the seal member is arranged between the shell and a fastener ( 25 ), and the fastener retains the loudspeaker assembly at the shell. The hearing protector facilitates manufacturing and maintenance and provides for maximize wearing comfort and technical reliability.

Claim (Index 12):
A method of assembling an ear cup for a hearing protector, the ear cup forming a space for a wearer's ear, the method comprising the steps of:\n providing a shell for forming part of the ear cup, the shell having an ear facing inner side and a passageway extending through the shell between the ear facing inner side and an outer side of the shell; providing a loudspeaker assembly comprising a seal member and a loudspeaker module; and assembling the loudspeaker assembly at the outer side of the shell such that the loudspeaker assembly seals the passageway; and retaining the loudspeaker assembly at the shell by a fastener such that a circumferential portion of the seal member is arranged between the shell and the fastener.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 18.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.22727
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16313495', '13772488', '11949850', '13203253', '12691821']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7053999156455769
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5028957501854091
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6851494990995601
- Mean Citation Score: 238.664838
- Max Citation Score: 285.07248
- Similarity Product: 229.1697506590748

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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