PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15953842
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["384", "499000"]

Abstract:
A radial support bearing assembly for use within a steering column assembly having an outer tube and a shaft, including at least one inner ring defining an inner raceway, the inner ring being axially fixed relative to the shaft, at least one outer ring defining an outer raceway, and a plurality of roller elements disposed between the at least one inner ring and the at least one outer ring in rolling contact with the inner raceway and the outer raceway. The inner ring is in direct contact with the shaft and has a circular cross-section as taken in a plane parallel to a longitudinal center axis of the shaft.

Claim (Index 1):
A steering column assembly, comprising:\n a steering column shaft; an outer tube disposed around the steering column shaft; and a radial support bearing assembly disposed between the outer tube and the steering column shaft, comprising:\n a first annular groove defined in an outer surface of the shaft; \n at least one inner ring defining an inner raceway, the at least one inner ring being disposed in the first annular groove; \n at least one outer ring defining an outer raceway; and \n a plurality of roller elements disposed between the at least one inner ring and the at least one outer ring in rolling contact with the inner raceway and the outer raceway, \n wherein the at least one inner ring is in direct contact with the shaft.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.05357
- Patent Class: 384.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14774821', '14774734', '13717878', '15849035', '14774758']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.786215499612132
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4845748787077421
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.756051437521693
- Mean Citation Score: 212.759138
- Max Citation Score: 277.4587
- Similarity Product: 269.543778565687

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test