PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16219628
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["052", "118000"]

Abstract:
A system and method for retaining a linear actuator on a crane component such as a mast is disclosed. In the system a retaining mechanism is mounted on either a body of the linear actuator or the crane component and a catch is mounted to the other of the body or the crane component. Retraction of a rod of the linear actuator causes a cap on the rod to contact the retaining mechanism, which causes the retaining mechanism to move into a latched configuration securing the linear actuator.

Claim (Index 1):
A mast assembly for a crane, the mast assembly comprising:\n a mast having a base with a first rotating connector, a top opposite the base, and a catch between the base and the top; a hydraulic actuator comprising a cylinder rotatably coupled to the mast, a rod extending from the cylinder, and a cap coupled to the rod, the cap having a lateral extent greater than a lateral extent of the rod; a retaining mechanism coupled to the cylinder, the retaining mechanism comprising a first portion disposed along the rod between the lateral extent of the rod and the lateral extent of the cap and a second portion configured to latch with the catch, wherein the retaining mechanism has a non-latching configuration with the rod extended and the cap not engaging the first portion, and a latching configuration with the rod retracted and engaging the first portion, wherein the retaining mechanism is moved from the non-latching configuration to the latching configuration by contact with the cap.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.2439
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15083455', '14605806', '13841082', '14606804', '11733104']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.785128781269453
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5333954611594794
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7599554492584556
- Mean Citation Score: 254.90201800000008
- Max Citation Score: 360.68164
- Similarity Product: 275.2290536591602

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