PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15897640
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["136", "246000"]

Abstract:
A drive shaft includes an extruded internal tube having teeth formed thereon. The drive shaft also includes an extruded external tube having teeth formed therein and coaxially receiving the internal tube. The teeth of the internal tube engaging the teeth of the external tube, wherein the internal tube and the external tube are aluminum.

Claim (Index 17):
A drive shaft assembly for a solar panel tracking system comprising:\n an extruded tube having an aperture formed therethrough; and a detent configured for engaging the tube to a portion of the drive shaft assembly, wherein the detent is substantially U-shaped and includes a pair of legs and an arcuate base between the legs, wherein the detent includes a snap portion extending outwardly from one of the legs, and wherein the snap portion is configured to extend through the aperture of the tube to engage the tube to the portion of the drive shaft assembly.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14815
- Patent Class: 136.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15717652', '12137764', '15758632', '10487290', '15403270']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7687074780227944
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5303002863619329
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7448667588567083
- Mean Citation Score: 195.599342
- Max Citation Score: 360.57776
- Similarity Product: 293.70658785683634

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