PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16026468
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["384", "478000"]

Abstract:
A wheel bearing apparatus includes an outer ring, an inner shaft member, rolling elements, a cage, and a sealing device. The sealing device includes an annular slinger and a sealing member. The slinger has a first inclined surface provided on a radially outer side and on a side facing the sealing member such that a diameter of the first inclined surface increases toward a first side in an axial direction. The sealing member has a second inclined surface provided on the radially outer side and on a side facing the slinger such that a diameter of the second inclined surface increases toward a second side in the axial direction. The second inclined surface intersects with a virtual extension surface extending radially outwardly along the first inclined surface, and the second inclined surface is continuous with an inner peripheral surface of the radially outer portion.

Claim (Index 7):
A sealing device configured to prevent foreign matter from entering an annular space formed between a cylindrical outer ring and an inner shaft member provided radially inward of the outer ring, the sealing device comprising:\n a slinger having an annular shape and attached to the inner shaft member; and a sealing member including a radially outer portion having a cylindrical shape and attached to the outer ring so as to face an outer peripheral surface of the slinger via a gap, a radially inner portion extending radially inwardly from the radially outer portion, and a lip extending from the radially inner portion so as to be in contact with the slinger, wherein: the slinger has a first inclined surface provided on a radially outer side and on a side facing the sealing member such that a diameter of the first inclined surface increases toward a first side in an axial direction; the sealing member has a second inclined surface provided on the radially outer side and on a side facing the slinger such that a diameter of the second inclined surface increases toward a second side in the axial direction; and the second inclined surface intersects with a virtual extension surface extending radially outwardly along the first inclined surface, and the second inclined surface is continuous with an inner peripheral surface of the radially outer portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.85185
- Patent Class: 384.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14935037', '14432757', '12734720', '13177596', '11542560']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8121175256433528
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5084116411078183
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7817469371897995
- Mean Citation Score: 301.54414
- Max Citation Score: 314.97552
- Similarity Product: 257.5065290530586

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

Dataset: test