PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15891622
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["384", "206000"]

Abstract:
A bearing device includes two co-axially arranged radial spherical bearings and can be used for mounting a pivoting swing arm of a vehicle suspension to a vehicle frame. By using the two radial spherical bearings together the pivot attachment only has a single degree of freedom. The radial spherical bearings are positioned against shoulders in a sleeve of the swing arm and around a spacer sleeve. One or more lubricant grooves are formed at the sliding interface of the bearings. A bushing with a lip holds a lubricant seal for each bearing, and a dust cover protects each lubricant seal. A pivot pin rod is inserted through openings in the vehicle frame and through the two bearings and other components, and is tightened in place such as with a nut.

Claim (Index 13):
The method of  claim 12 , wherein at least one circumferential lubricant groove is formed on the ball swivel portion of each of the first and second radial spherical bearings, and, after inserting the pivot pin rod through the first and second radial spherical bearings, the socket portion of the first radial spherical bearing covers the lubricant groove on the ball swivel portion of the first radial spherical bearing, and the socket portion of the second radial spherical bearing covers the lubricant groove on the ball swivel portion of the second radial spherical bearing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 6.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.76923
- Patent Class: 384.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15707576', '12765567', '14924268', '15332248', '10324901']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7918414935075508
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.479069508128
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7605642949695959
- Mean Citation Score: 177.63895199999996
- Max Citation Score: 184.06796
- Similarity Product: 133.00849222396374

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

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