PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16118435
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["384", "107000"]

Abstract:
A bearing apparatus includes a cylindrical sleeve, a shaft rotatably inserted in the sleeve, lubricating oil arranged in a gap defined between an inner circumferential surface of the sleeve and an outer circumferential surface of the shaft, a seal member arranged at an axially upper end portion of the sleeve projecting from the sleeve, and an annular member fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the axially upper end portion of the shaft to rotate together with the shaft. The annular member includes a projecting portion projecting axially downward. The seal member and an axially lower end portion of the projecting portion overlap each other when viewed in at least one of the axial direction or a radial direction.

Claim (Index 10):
The bearing apparatus according to  claim 3 , further comprising a sleeve housing supporting the sleeve, wherein\n the sleeve housing includes a cylindrical side wall portion arranged radially outward of the cylindrical portion of the seal member, arranged radially outward of the projecting portion, and arranged opposite to the cylindrical portion with a space therebetween, the space having the lubricating oil arranged therein; and the space is in communication with the gap.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.25
- Patent Class: 384.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13775475', '15051795', '13775467', '13198794', '14513612']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8038147183512587
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5093736317717353
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7743706096933064
- Mean Citation Score: 285.8965340000001
- Max Citation Score: 302.5672
- Similarity Product: 218.6705092925072

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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