PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15956224
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["180", "296000"]

Abstract:
A close coupled exhaust system support assembly comprises a mounting bracket coupled to an internal combustion engine having an extension including a through-hole. A support tab is fixedly attached to the exhaust system and has a terminal end located adjacent to the mounting bracket extension. A through-hole in the support tab is aligned with the through-hole of the mounting bracket extension. A mounting apparatus comprises a ferrule, having a through-hole extending therethrough and a spherical outer surface that is disposed within the through-hole of the support tab. The through-hole of the ferrule and the through-hole of mounting bracket extension define an axially extending receiving passage. A fastener disposed in the axially extending receiving passage fixes the mounting bracket extension relative to the support tab with an axial force exerted on the ferrule that deforms the spherical outer surface of the ferrule against the walls of the support tab through-hole.

Claim (Index 1):
A close coupled exhaust system support assembly for an internal combustion engine, comprising:\n a wall portion of the internal combustion engine; an exhaust system located adjacent to the wall portion; a mounting bracket comprising a first extension coupled to the wall portion and a second extension projecting outwardly from the wall portion and including a through-hole therein; a support tab fixedly attached at a proximal end to, and extending outwardly from, the exhaust system and having first opposed faces and a terminal end located adjacent to the second extension of the mounting bracket; a through-hole in the support tab aligned with the through-hole of the second extension of the mounting bracket; and\n a mounting apparatus comprising: \n a ferrule, having a through-hole extending therethrough and a spherical outer surface, disposed within the through-hole of the support tab, the ferrule through-hole aligned with the through-hole of second extension of the mounting bracket to define an axially extending receiving passage; \n end flats, disposed on axially opposite ends of the ferrule, extending axially beyond the opposed surfaces of the support tab; and \n a fastener disposed in the axially extending receiving passage to fix the second extension of the mounting bracket relative to the support tab with an axial force exerted on the ferrule flats that deforms the curved outer surface of the ferrule against the walls of the support tab through-hole.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.51613
- Patent Class: 180.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14284356', '15140721', '15091210', '11057895', '13978744']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7563376987311616
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4738112631311578
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7280850551711613
- Mean Citation Score: 180.942226
- Max Citation Score: 187.06685
- Similarity Product: 140.53909428891836

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