PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15950891
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["074", "501600"]

Abstract:
Example control devices for operating bicycle components are described herein. An example control device includes a housing having an opening to receive a handlebar of the bicycle and a rotating member rotatably coupled to the housing. The rotating member is rotatable about a first axis. The rotating member is configured to rotate between a first position and a second position to change an operating state of a component. The example control device includes a securing mechanism configured to lock the rotating member in the second position. The example control device also includes a release actuator coupled to the housing. The release actuator has an actuating surface to be engaged by a user and moved along a second axis that intersects the first axis. The release actuator is configured to, when actuated, unlock the securing mechanism to enable the rotating member to rotate back to the first position.

Claim (Index 18):
A suspension system for a bicycle, the suspension system comprising:\n a suspension component operable between an unlocked state and a locked state; a cable coupled to the suspension component; and a control device to be coupled to a handlebar of the bicycle, the control device including:\n a housing to be coupled around the handlebar; \n a sleeve rotatably coupled to the housing, the sleeve having a first portion disposed within and rotatable within the housing, the sleeve having a second portion extending axially outward from a side of the housing, the first portion having a cable anchor hub, a cable wire of the cable coupled to the cable anchor hub, the sleeve rotatable between a first position and a second position to actuate the suspension component between the unlocked state and the locked state, respectively, by translating the cable wire; \n a gripping surface extending along an axial length of the second portion of the sleeve to enable a rider to grip and rotate the sleeve between the first position and the second position; \n a securing mechanism to lock the sleeve in the second position; and \n a release actuator configured to disengage the securing mechanism to enable the sleeve to rotate back to the first position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.30882
- Patent Class: 74.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14305986', '14474615', '14094709', '16077491', '11277249']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8061320741918137
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4399835317656708
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7695172199491994
- Mean Citation Score: 204.357418
- Max Citation Score: 213.28967000000003
- Similarity Product: 176.79749394636693

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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