PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16009589
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["016", "082000"]

Abstract:
An auto-lock prop rod for a vehicle includes a folding rod having at least two section rod sections, wherein the folding rod includes a first rod section having a first end pivotally connected to an engine compartment opening and a second rod section having a first end pivotally connected to a hood. At least one pivotable joint is mechanically connected between a second end of the first rod section and a second end of the second rod section, wherein the at least one pivotable joint is configured to axially rotate to a locked position when the hood is moved from a closed position to an fully open position.

Claim (Index 10):
An auto-lock folding prop rod for a vehicle comprising:\n a folding rod having a first rod section having a first end pivotally connected to a location on the body structure near a forward or outboard perimeter of an engine compartment opening and a second rod section having a first end pivotally connected to a forward or outboard perimeter of a hood; at least one pivotable joint with a joining member pivotally connected to a second end of the first rod section and a second end of the second rod section, wherein the at least one pivotable joint is configured to align the first rod section and the second rod section to form a straight line when the hood is moved from a closed position to an fully open position; and further comprising an axially rotatable tube covering the joining member, the second end of the first rod section, and the second end of the second rod section and configured to rotate axially to lock the at least one pivotable joint and the first and second rod sections in a straight aligned position when the compartment cover panel is in the fully open position by preventing the first rod section and the second rod section from pivoting, and wherein at least one of the first and second rod section further comprises an anti-over rotation pin that cooperates with a cutout in the axially rotatable tube to limit axial rotation of the axially rotatable tube.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.24
- Patent Class: 16.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['11822923', '10400881', '13870033', '11999562', '10295394']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7161443826831334
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4575384082097566
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6902837852357957
- Mean Citation Score: 181.409776
- Max Citation Score: 195.6326
- Similarity Product: 166.77453353916405

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

Dataset: test