PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16147917
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["475", "230000"]

Abstract:
An axle assembly that includes a housing assembly, an input pinion, a ring gear, a ring gear bearing, and a differential assembly having a differential case. The ring gear bearing supports the ring gear for rotation on the housing assembly as well as handles thrust loads between the ring gear and the housing assembly in opposite axial directions. The ring gear bearing includes an outer bearing race having a first race member, which may be unitarily and integrally formed with the ring gear, and a second race member that is received in a groove formed on the ring gear. The differential case is coupled to the ring gear and secures the second race member to the ring gear.

Claim (Index 11):
The axle assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising a pinion bearing that supports the input pinion for rotation relative to the housing assembly, the pinion bearing having a plurality of second bearing elements that are disposed circumferentially about the first axis, wherein power transmission between the input pinion and the ring gear that drives the ring gear about the second axis in the first rotary direction generates a third thrust load that is directed along the first axis in a third direction, wherein power transmission between the input pinion and the ring gear that drives the ring gear about the second axis in the second rotary direction opposite the first rotary direction generates a fourth thrust load that is directed along the first axis in a fourth direction that is opposite the third direction, wherein the third thrust load is transmitted through the second bearing elements when the first thrust load is transmitted between the ring gear and the housing assembly, and wherein the fourth thrust load is transmitted through the second bearing elements when the second thrust load is transmitted between the ring gear and the housing assembly.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.41509
- Patent Class: 475.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15427348', '15151831', '14629614', '14205535', '14244117']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7162336436919109
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5088287000104593
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6954931493237658
- Mean Citation Score: 295.209532
- Max Citation Score: 328.56113
- Similarity Product: 318.14996732242224

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

Dataset: test