PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15756081
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["070", "182000"]

Abstract:
The present invention provides a handlebar locking mechanism and a handlebar locking device, each of which (i) can be used for a moving body whose traveling direction is changed with a handlebar and (ii) which makes it difficult to unlock the handlebar by a forcible method such as breaking. The handlebar locking device ( 20 ) includes an engagement hole ( 11 c ) made in a steering column ( 11 a ), a lock pin ( 31 ) which locks a handlebar ( 5 ) in a case where a pin tip part ( 31 a ) of the lock pin ( 31 ) is engaged with the engagement hole ( 11 c ), and a lock pin drive mechanism which (i) moves, in a case where the handlebar ( 5 ) is to be locked, the lock pin ( 31 ) so that the pin tip part ( 31 a ) is engaged with the engagement hole ( 11 c ) and (ii) moves, in a case where the handlebar ( 5 ) is to be unlocked, the lock pin ( 31 ) so that the pin tip part ( 31 a ) is removed from the engagement hole ( 11 c ). The engagement hole ( 11 c ), the lock pin ( 31 ), and the lock pin drive mechanism being contained and provided in a frame ( 2 ) of a bicycle ( 1 ) so as to be not viewable from outside of the bicycle ( 1 ).

Claim (Index 3):
The handlebar locking mechanism as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein:\n the lock pin drive mechanism includes\n a front side support member through which the lock pin passes and which (i) supports an outer circumference of the tip part of the lock pin so that the lock pin can move axially, (ii) has a front end part from which the tip part of the lock pin protrudes, and (iii) has a recess that is located at a rear end part of the front side support member and that is provided axially, \n a rear side support member through which the lock pin passes and which (i) supports an outer circumference of a part of the lock pin, which part is located behind the pin tip part, so that the lock pin can move axially and (ii) has a front end part that is inserted into the recess of the front side support member so as to slide in the recess, \n a push-out section which is configured so that (i) in a case where the handlebar is to be locked, the push-out section comes into contact with the rear side support member so as to push out the rear side support member in a forward direction in which the pin tip part of the lock pin protrudes and (ii) in a case where the handlebar is to be unlocked, the push-out section returns to a home position at which the push-out section was located before pushing out the rear side support member, \n a first spring which is provided between the front side support member and the rear side support member and which becomes compressed in a case where the rear side support member is pushed out in the forward direction by the push-out section, \n a latching part which causes the lock pin to move along with the rear side support member by latching the lock pin onto the rear side support member until the rear side support member moves to a position so that the first spring is completely compressed, and \n a second spring which is provided between the lock pin and the rear side support member and which becomes compressed in a case where the lock pin moves towards a rear end part of the rear side support member while the latching by the latching part is released.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.34146
- Patent Class: 70.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15755576', '12375612', '11978725', '13847600', '13605706']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7794388687102457
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4523834268821719
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7467333245274383
- Mean Citation Score: 263.74300200000005
- Max Citation Score: 376.4937
- Similarity Product: 300.88353143700954

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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