PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15891559
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["254", "272000"]

Abstract:
In at least one illustrative embodiment, a winch may include first and second end frames, a drum coupled between the first and second end frames and configured to rotate to wind or unwind a cable, a brake configured to resist rotation of the drum when engaged, a switch configured to cause the brake to engage the drum when the switch is activated, a slack arm frame having a first end engaged with the cable and a second end pivotally coupled between the first and second end frames, where the slack arm frame is configured to pivot between a first position when the cable is taut and a second position when the cable is slack, and a cam coupled to the slack arm frame and configured to rotate with the slack arm frame to activate the switch when the slack arm frame is in the second position.

Claim (Index 20):
The winch of  claim 15 , further comprising a first drop stop attached to the first lever arm and extending toward the first end frame, the first drop stop being configured to directly contact the first end frame when the slack arm frame pivots from the first position to the second position to prevent further pivoting of the slack arm frame, a first lever arm pivotally couplable to the first end frame or the second end frame, a second lever arm pivotally couplable to the second end frame or the first end frame, a roller assembly coupled between the first and second lever arms, wherein the cable passes through the roller assembly; wherein the first lever arm and the second lever arm are adjustable between (i) a forward orientation in which the first lever arm is pivotally coupled to the first end frame, the second lever arm is pivotally coupled to the second end frame, and the first and second lever arms are configured to pivot toward a front side of the winch in response to the cable becoming slack and (ii) a reverse orientation in which the first lever arm is pivotally coupled to the second end frame, the second lever arm is pivotally coupled to the first end frame, and the first and second lever arms are configured to pivot toward a back side of the winch in response to the cable becoming slack, the back side of the winch being opposite the front side of the winch.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.96154
- Patent Class: 254.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14282416', '13961465', '15221834', '15241794', '13128547']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7654177334904236
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5080024029781555
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7396762004391968
- Mean Citation Score: 246.706296
- Max Citation Score: 443.06982
- Similarity Product: 354.41875660978314

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

Dataset: test