PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16273113
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["301", "055000"]

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a lightweight wheel with high strength flexible spokes of the present invention, includes providing a rim and hub, and a plurality of lightweight, flexible and resilient spokes between the rim and hub made of fibrous material that causes the spokes to be both lighter in weight and stronger than comparable steel spokes. The wheel includes a nipple within the rim that receives the high strength spoke and allows for flexibility in adapting the spoke to wheels having differing shapes and sizes.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of manufacturing a lightweight wheel, comprising:\n providing a rim having a plurality of spoke holes formed at a spoke hole angle, wherein said plurality of spokes holes are evenly distributed between a left side and a right side of said rim; providing a hub comprising a left flange having an inner surface and an outer surface on a left side of said hub and a right flange having an inner surface and an outer surface on a right side of said hub; providing a plurality of high strength flexible spokes having a central axis, each of said high strength flexible spokes comprising a flexible spoke shaft having non-rigid fibers encased in a non-rigid jacket having a first end wedge and a second end wedge, an anchor having a tapered bore receiving said first end wedge, and a tube having a tapered bore receiving said second end wedge, wherein said first end wedge and said second end wedge consist of said non-rigid fibers and an epoxy; providing a nipple housed within said spoke hole of said rim; and attaching each of said plurality of high strength flexible spokes between said hub and said rim in a straight line, wherein said anchor is affixed to said anchor hole and said tube is affixed to said nipple, thereby mechanically fastening said hub to said rim.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.66667
- Patent Class: 301.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15597449', '14519312', '13492573', '14666186', '15361879']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7623605811523816
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5557115376040946
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7416956767975529
- Mean Citation Score: 397.161976
- Max Citation Score: 425.1006
- Similarity Product: 369.1638380738497

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

Dataset: test