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 11):
A method of assembling a vehicle suspension, comprising:\n attaching a first bearing on a first end of a sleeve; attaching a second bearing on a second end of a sleeve, such that the first bearing and the second bearing are coaxially arranged to define a pivot axis; positioning the sleeve between a first and a second mounting plate, the first mounting plate and the second mounting plate being fixed relative to each other, each mounting plate having an pivot pin opening defined therein; inserting a pivot pin rod 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; and securing the pivot pin rod such that it is fixed relative to the first and second mounting plates; such that the sleeve can pivot relative to the first and second mounting plates 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): 0.7722199090207736
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4731789097460727
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7423158090933035
- Mean Citation Score: 177.63895199999996
- Max Citation Score: 184.06796
- Similarity Product: 137.55708571744916

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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