PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16353438
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["701", "003000"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for protecting a passenger during a crash comprises a moveable seat with an energy absorber (EA) that allows the seat to stroke a finite distance to decelerate the passenger in a controlled manner. The seat is designed so that one of a plurality of fixed profile EA's can be selectively engaged to provide a tailored EA composite profile adapted to the occupant's weight and anticipated crash environment. The tailored EA composite profile applies a frequency matched, low onset force to the seat, which substantially eliminates problems associated with dynamic overshoot of the passenger's spine.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for minimizing injury to an occupant of a vehicle having a seat, the method comprising:\n providing an energy absorbing apparatus operatively connected between the seat and the vehicle, the energy absorbing apparatus comprising a plurality of Fixed Profile Energy Absorbers (FPEAs); determining an anticipated impact loading of the occupant; determining an absorption energy necessary to prevent injury to the occupant based on the anticipated impact loading and the occupant's mass; and prior to an impact, selectively coupling at least one of said plurality of Fixed Profile Energy Absorbers between the seat and the vehicle to provide a predetermined force versus stroke profile that will absorb the energy necessary to prevent injury to the occupant, whereby selectively coupling at least one of said plurality of Fixed Profile Energy Absorbers provides a variable force versus stroke profile simulating a Variable Profile Energy Absorber providing a frequency matched force on the occupant, whereby a lumbar load spike is avoided.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.56522
- Patent Class: 701.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15453420', '11670773', '11206114', '11670761', '12661435']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.415291059568556
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5952771777108927
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4332896713827897
- Mean Citation Score: 320.645054
- Max Citation Score: 499.29456
- Similarity Product: 488.1868052408696

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

Dataset: test