PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16078187
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["440", "057000"]

Abstract:
A ship propulsion unit includes: an engine including a crankshaft extending in a front-rear direction of a ship; a propeller shaft; a power transmission mechanism configured to couple the crankshaft and the propeller shaft; an upper case; and a lower case accommodating the propeller shaft and connected to the upper case. The power transmission mechanism includes a drive shaft extending from the upper case toward the lower case. The upper case and the engine are fixed to a ship body. A connection portion between the upper case and the lower case is provided with a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the lower case around an axis of the drive shaft.

Claim (Index 10):
The ship propulsion unit according to  claim 1 , wherein\n the drive shaft includes a first shaft and a second shaft, the first shaft and the second shaft are arranged side by side coaxially with each other in the extending direction of the drive shaft, and are coupled by a sleeve in the extending direction of the drive shaft, the first shaft is accommodated in the upper case, and an upper end side of the second shaft is accommodated in the upper case, and a lower end side of the second shaft is accommodated in the lower case.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.38
- Patent Class: 440.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13386850', '11819716', '14123506', '15123704', '13642604']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6011563878558571
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4909620970754172
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5901369587778131
- Mean Citation Score: 233.68885
- Max Citation Score: 239.35788
- Similarity Product: 179.52057855989457

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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