PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16078187
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["440", "057000"]

Abstract:
A ship propulsion unit includes: an engine including a crankshaft extending in a front-rear direction of a ship; a propeller shaft; a power transmission mechanism configured to couple the crankshaft and the propeller shaft; an upper case; and a lower case accommodating the propeller shaft and connected to the upper case. The power transmission mechanism includes a drive shaft extending from the upper case toward the lower case. The upper case and the engine are fixed to a ship body. A connection portion between the upper case and the lower case is provided with a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the lower case around an axis of the drive shaft.

Claim (Index 3):
The ship propulsion unit according to  claim 2 , wherein\n the upper case includes a first accommodating portion and a second accommodating portion that are separately formed, the first accommodating portion accommodates the output portion of the crankshaft, the first power transmission portion, the middle shaft, and an upper end side of the drive shaft, the second accommodating portion accommodates a middle portion of the drive shaft and is attached to a lower side of the first accommodating portion with respect to the up-down direction of the ship, the lower case is connected to the second accommodating portion, and the rotation mechanism is provided in a connection portion between the second accommodating portion and the lower case.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.38
- Patent Class: 440.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13386850', '11819716', '14123506', '15123704', '13642604']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6020236745120043
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4870160388836357
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5905229109491674
- Mean Citation Score: 233.68885
- Max Citation Score: 239.35788
- Similarity Product: 188.6968254868913

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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