PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15928965
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["029", "724000"]

Abstract:
A method for preloading a bearing includes releasably, threadably, and directly attaching an attaching member to a circumferential outside surface of an exposed end of a threaded shaft of an axle or spindle. A frame is axially separated from, and coupled to, the attaching member. A plurality of extensions extends from the frame axially past the attaching member toward the wheel hub assembly. An adjustment mechanism moves the frame and the plurality of extensions axially towards the wheel hub assembly to contact the wheel hub assembly and/or the bearing to apply a preload to the bearing within the wheel hub assembly.

Claim (Index 3):
The lock nut system of  claim 1  wherein the retaining member is more flexible than the keeper.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.0566
- Patent Class: 29.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14305673', '14852100', '14952663', '12033548', '12492926']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9111927379278304
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5360746102868187
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8736809251637291
- Mean Citation Score: 377.168494
- Max Citation Score: 388.90854
- Similarity Product: 267.0809674408865

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