PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15921068
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["280", "612000"]

Abstract:
Some aspects include a ski binding system using controllable electromagnets, alone or in combination with permanent magnets, as means of attaching or releasing a ski boot to a ski during use. Some aspects include a ski binding system using a controllable solenoid. In some aspects, microprocessor-based control releases binding electronically based on input from sensors located in binding, ski and/or boot, as well as in other equipment or clothing connected to them or to skier, or binding releases when a mechanical threshold is overcome. In some aspects, sensor data are recorded for analysis of system performance and for adjustment and improvement of system parameters based on data analytics.

Claim (Index 6):
Apparatus for use in releasably retaining a boot plate to a ski, the apparatus comprising:\n a binding plate attachable to the ski and having a surface to receive the boot plate; a first clamp having a first jaw and a first arm coupled thereto; a second clamp having a second jaw and a second arm coupled thereto, wherein the first and second arms are laterally spaced from one another and pivotably coupled to the binding plate, wherein the first and second arms have a first position in which the first and second jaws have a first lateral spacing and releasably retain the boot plate to the binding plate, and wherein the first and second arms have a second position in which the first and second jaws have a second lateral spacing greater than the first lateral spacing and are spaced apart from the boot plate; a slide disposed at least in part between the first and second arms and slidably coupled to the binding plate, wherein the slide has a first slide position and a second slide position that is forward of the first slide position and in which the slide clears so that the first and second clamps are free to move toward their second position; a lever pivotably coupled to the binding plate, the lever having a first lever position and a second lever position and biased toward the second lever position; a link pivotably coupled between the slide and a portion of the lever that is displaced forward if the lever pivots from the first lever position to the second lever position such that the slide is pulled toward the second slide position forward of the first slide position if the lever pivots from the first lever position to the second lever position; a solenoid defining a channel and controllable to provide a first state and a second state; and a plunger having a first end slidably received within the channel, the plunger having a first plunger position associated with the first state of the solenoid and a second plunger position associated with the second state of the solenoid; wherein with the lever in the first lever position and the plunger in the first plunger position, the plunger prevents the lever from pivoting from the first lever position to the second lever position, and wherein with the plunger in the second plunger position the plunger does not prevent the lever from pivoting from the first lever position to the second lever position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 28.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.80303
- Patent Class: 280.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10896539', '12984863', '15126872', '14605696', '13712781']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8301996592969157
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4846100016033983
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7956406935275641
- Mean Citation Score: 239.926588
- Max Citation Score: 250.54846
- Similarity Product: 212.2298386012292

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