PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15770587
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["384", "103000"]

Abstract:
A foil bearing ( 40 ) includes foils ( 42 ) at a plurality of portions in a rotation direction of a shaft member ( 11 ). A top foil portion (Tf) including a bearing surface (S 2 ) is formed in a region including a front end ( 421 ) of each of the foils ( 42 ), and a back foil portion (Bf) is formed in a region including a rear end ( 422 ) of each of the foils ( 42 ). A gap (C 1 ) is secured between, of two of the foils adjacent to the foil ( 42 ) in a rotation direction (R) and a direction opposite to the rotation direction, the rear end ( 422 ) of the foil on the rotation direction side and the front end ( 421 ) of the foil on the side opposite to the rotation direction side. A width of the gap (C 1 ) is set to be non-uniform in a direction (N) orthogonal to the rotation direction.

Claim (Index 7):
An intermediate product for manufacturing a foil bearing,\n the foil bearing comprising foils which are arranged at a plurality of portions in a rotation direction of a shaft member to be supported, the foils each having a front end located on the rotation direction side and a rear end located on a side opposite to the rotation direction side, the foils each forming a top foil portion comprising a bearing surface in a region including the front end of the foil and a back foil portion, which is arranged behind the top foil portion of adjacent one of the foils, in a region including the rear end of the foil, the intermediate product comprising a plurality of foil members each integrally comprising the plurality of foils and a coupling portion for coupling the foils, the front end and the rear end between the adjacent foils of each of the foil members having contour shapes different from each other, wherein the foils of another of the foil members are introduced into parts between the adjacent foils of one of the foil member so that the foils are partially overlapped with each other, to thereby form the top foil portions and the back foil portions.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.18333
- Patent Class: 384.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15103002', '15767671', '15102038', '14235580', '15780016']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7748453975337071
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5223671021696585
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7495975679973023
- Mean Citation Score: 290.580726
- Max Citation Score: 333.7315700000001
- Similarity Product: 274.88817324531385

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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