PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15943317
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["297", "36700R"]

Abstract:
A locking device for a vehicle seat. The recliner includes a plate holder including a first catch protrusion on one of a plurality of guide blocks, a sector gear including an internal gear on an inner surface thereof, a plurality of pawl teeth each configured to be moved between a pair of the guide blocks, the pawl teeth including catch hooks on portions of inner surfaces thereof, an operation cam including a second catch protrusion protruding therefrom; and a return spring having a spiral shape, the return spring including a center inner end portion hooked and supported on the second catch protrusion and an outer end portion hooked and supported on the first catch protrusion, wherein a support protrusion protrudes from the operation cam to support the return spring while making point contact with a center inner surface of the return spring.

Claim (Index 1):
A recliner for a vehicle seat, the recliner comprising:\n a plate holder comprising a plurality of guide blocks that are radially arranged with a gap therebetween and protrude in an axial direction, a first catch protrusion being formed on at least one of the guide blocks; a sector gear configured to be rotated relative to the plate holder and comprising an internal gear on an inner surface thereof; a plurality of pawl teeth each configured to be moved between a pair of the guide blocks, the pawl teeth comprising external gears on outer surfaces thereof for engagement with the external gear, and catch hooks on portions of inner surfaces thereof; an operation cam comprising a shaft hole in a center portion thereof, a plurality of pull hooks configured to be connected to the catch hooks so as to pull or push the pawl teeth, and a second catch protrusion protruding therefrom; and a return spring having a spiral shape, the return spring comprising a center inner end portion hooked and supported on the second catch protrusion and an outer end portion hooked and supported on the first catch protrusion, wherein a support protrusion protrudes from the operation cam to support the return spring while making point contact with a center inner surface of the return spring.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.12676
- Patent Class: 297.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10735034', '13575844', '15474362', '14374176', '14374024']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7556563774414913
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4664259932504229
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7267333390223845
- Mean Citation Score: 221.004494
- Max Citation Score: 230.22786
- Similarity Product: 190.8749780073309

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

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