PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15948062
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["440", "057000"]

Abstract:
An outdrive for a marine vessel, such as a watercraft having an inboard engine, is provided. The outdrive can include a standoff box joined with a drive unit having a driveshaft that rotates in response to rotation of an input shaft coupled to an engine within a hull of the watercraft. The drive unit includes a propeller shaft that rotates in response to rotation of the driveshaft, and an associated propeller. The drive unit is vertically movable from a raised mode to a lowered mode, in which the propeller shaft is a preselected distance from a bottom of the boat hull, thereby lowering a thrust point produced by the propeller, all while the watercraft is moving through water and while the propeller is producing thrust. A related method and standoff box are also provided.

Claim (Index 1):
An outdrive for a watercraft having an inboard engine, the drive comprising:\n an input shaft extending through a hole defined by a transom of the watercraft, a split standoff box disposed rearward of the transom and joined with the transom, the split standoff box including an upper standoff box unit and a lower standoff box unit, the input shaft extending into an interior of the upper standoff box unit; a transfer shaft rotatably mounted in the interior of the upper standoff box unit, the transfer shaft disposed transverse to the input shaft, the transfer shaft rotatable in response to rotation of the input shaft, the transfer shaft including a transfer shaft longitudinal axis; a propeller shaft rotatable upon rotation of the transfer shaft; and a propeller joined with the propeller shaft and adapted to rotate therewith, thereby producing thrust to propel the watercraft through a body of water; wherein the outdrive is operable in a raised mode, in which the lower standoff box unit is disposed adjacent the upper standoff box unit, and in a lowered mode, in which the lower standoff box unit is distal from the upper standoff box unit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.01389
- Patent Class: 440.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15622757', '15622796', '15411511', '15464592', '11225782']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6604792196482507
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6487348410412415
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6593047817875499
- Mean Citation Score: 506.0204999999999
- Max Citation Score: 638.2886
- Similarity Product: 616.4117177573087

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

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