PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15893121
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["074", "502300"]

Abstract:
A ball bearing control assembly includes a cylindrical flexible sheath. A pair of stationary races defines a first raceway. A force transmission member defines a second raceway on opposing sides. Rolling members have a center point and are in rolling contact with the first and the second raceways as the force transmission member translates axially within the sheath. A ball guide interacts with the rolling members to constrain the majority of the rolling member. In one example, the ball guide interacts with the rolling members at two locations on each axial side of the rolling members. The two locations are positioned at different distances from the second raceway. The stationary races are located between the ball guide and the flexible sheath, and the ball guide is located between the stationary races and the force transmission member. Other examples can include two ball guides.

Claim (Index 17):
A ball bearing control assembly, the ball bearing control assembly comprising:\n a flexible sheath, wherein the sheath is generally cylindrical; a pair of stationary races, each stationary race defines a first raceway; a plurality of rolling members, wherein the rolling members have a center point and are in rolling contact with the first raceway, wherein the rolling members have a diameter; a force transmission member, wherein the force transmission member defines a second raceway on each of opposing sides and the rolling members are configured to be in rolling contact with the second raceway, and the force transmission member is configured to translate axially within the sheath; and a ball guide, wherein the ball guide is located between one of the pair of stationary races and the force transmission member, wherein the majority of the rolling member is constrained, wherein the stationary races are located between the ball guide and the flexible sheath, wherein the stationary races are located diametrically opposite each other.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 22.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2
- Patent Class: 74.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10551700', '12466938', '11664778', '11547998', '13811415']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8054067734283018
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4635487275115617
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7712209688366277
- Mean Citation Score: 216.137928
- Max Citation Score: 226.52536
- Similarity Product: 149.45728584814069

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