PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15877461
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["277", "650000"]

Abstract:
A seal for insertion in a bore in an outer member and engaging an inner member received in the bore. The seal includes an annular insert having an elastomeric body over-molded on the annular insert and an inner seal extending radially inward from the annular insert. The inner seal including an inboard sealing surface and the elastomeric body over-molded on the annular insert defining an outer portion including an outboard sealing surface including an annular flap on an exterior side of the annular insert that, in an installed position, is adapted to be compressed between the outer annular insert and the outer member.

Claim (Index 1):
A seal assembly, comprising:\n a first member having an outer surface; a second member; an annular insert having a first axial end and a second axial end; and an elastomeric body including a first portion over-molded on said annular insert and an inner seal extending radially inward from said first portion at the first axial end on an interior side of said annular insert, said inner seal including an inboard sealing surface, said first portion including an outboard sealing surface including an annular flap extending from the first axial end on an exterior side of said annular insert that, in an un-installed condition, extends in an overlapping relationship relative to said annular insert, and in an installed position, a gap is defined between the outer bore and the elastomeric body over-molded on the annular insert wherein the gap is smaller than a radial thickness of the annular flap so that the annular flap is in direct contact with the elastomeric body over-molded on said outer annular insert and the outer member so as to be compressed between said annular insert and the first member so that the annular insert and the first member both apply compression forces against the annular flap, a distal end of said annular flap including a region of increased thickness that is directly between the annular insert and the outer member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.16
- Patent Class: 277.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12861892', '14147027', '14773891', '10165075', '14824415']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7789357149075347
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4569850243376012
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7467406458505413
- Mean Citation Score: 160.89032600000004
- Max Citation Score: 187.9988
- Similarity Product: 161.16129430236816

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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