PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15880277
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["384", "476000"]

Abstract:
An insulating device is for a bearing mountable within a housing and includes a generally annular metallic body configured to couple with an outer ring of the bearing so as to be mounted to the bearing when the bearing is separate from a housing. The body includes an axial portion, the axial portion having an inner circumferential surface disposeable about the outer ring outer surface and an opposing outer circumferential surface, and first and second radial portions each disposeable against a separate one of the outer ring axial ends. At least one oxide layer is formed on at least one of the inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the body axial portion so as to substantially prevent electrical flow between the bearing and the housing.

Claim (Index 12):
An insulated bearing assembly mountable about a shaft and within a housing, the shaft or the housing being rotatable about a central axis, the bearing assembly comprising:\n a bearing including an inner ring, an outer ring and a plurality of rolling elements disposed between the inner and outer rings, the inner ring being mountable upon the shaft, the outer ring having an outer circumferential surface and opposing axial ends; and an insulating device including a generally annular metallic body configured to couple with the outer ring so as to be mounted to the bearing, the body including an axial portion, the axial portion having an inner circumferential surface disposeable about the outer circumferential surface of the outer ring and an opposing outer circumferential surface, and a first radial portion and a second radial portion each disposeable against a separate one of the axial ends of the outer ring; and at least one oxide layer formed on at least one of the inner and outer circumferential surfaces of the axial portion of the body so as to substantially prevent electrical flow between the bearing and the housing; wherein the body includes a first body segment having a generally tubular axial section with opposing first and second axial ends and inner and outer circumferential surfaces, the axial section of the first body segment being disposeable about the outer circumferential surface of the outer ring to couple the first body segment with the outer ring, and a generally annular radial section providing the first radial portion of the body, the radial section of the first body segment extending radially inwardly from the first end of the tubular axial section and being disposeable against one of the axial ends of the outer ring, and a second body segment having a generally tubular axial section with opposing first and second axial ends and inner and outer circumferential surfaces, the axial section of the second body segment being disposeable about the axial section of the first body segment to couple the second body segment with the first body segment, the axial section of the first body segment and the axial section of the second body segment forming the axial portion of the body, and a generally annular radial section providing the second radial portion of the body, the radial section of the second body segment extending radially inwardly from the second end of the axial section of the second body segment and being disposeable against the other one of the axial ends of the outer ring; and wherein the at least one oxide layer includes a first oxide layer formed on the outer circumferential surface of the first body segment and a second oxide layer formed on the inner circumferential surface of the second body segment, the first and second body segments being sized such that the first oxide layer engages the second oxide layer with an interference fit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0
- Patent Class: 384.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15611299', '13715399', '15150933', '15700626', '13713507']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7970523701718666
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4909628286664972
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7664434160213296
- Mean Citation Score: 250.42915
- Max Citation Score: 271.17725
- Similarity Product: 229.9843283966333

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