PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15891622
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["384", "206000"]

Abstract:
A bearing device includes two co-axially arranged radial spherical bearings and can be used for mounting a pivoting swing arm of a vehicle suspension to a vehicle frame. By using the two radial spherical bearings together the pivot attachment only has a single degree of freedom. The radial spherical bearings are positioned against shoulders in a sleeve of the swing arm and around a spacer sleeve. One or more lubricant grooves are formed at the sliding interface of the bearings. A bushing with a lip holds a lubricant seal for each bearing, and a dust cover protects each lubricant seal. A pivot pin rod is inserted through openings in the vehicle frame and through the two bearings and other components, and is tightened in place such as with a nut.

Claim (Index 19):
A rear swing arm pivot assembly for a rear wheel vehicle suspension, comprising:\n a first mounting plate and a second mounting plate rigidly disposed relative to each other, the first mounting plate having a first pivot pin opening, the second mounting plate having a second pivot pin opening; a sleeve positioned between the first and second mounting plates, the sleeve having a first end and an opposing second end, one of the sleeve or the mounting plates rigidly secured to a rear swing arm of a rear wheel suspension, the other of the sleeve or the mounting plates rigidly secured to the frame of a vehicle; a first bearing on the first end of the sleeve; a second bearing on the second end of the sleeve, such that the first bearing and the second bearing are coaxially disposed so as to define a pivot axis; and a pivot pin rod extending through the pivot pin opening of the first mounting plate, through the first bearing, through the sleeve, through the second bearing and through the pivot pin opening of the second mounting plate such that the rear swing arm can pivot relative to the frame of the vehicle about the pivot axis with a single degree of freedom.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76923
- Patent Class: 384.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15707576', '12765567', '14924268', '15332248', '10324901']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7714232092242131
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4775651541582708
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7420374037176188
- Mean Citation Score: 177.63895199999996
- Max Citation Score: 184.06796
- Similarity Product: 132.01116765188456

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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