PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16117191
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["002", "243100"]

Abstract:
A tensioning system for articles of footwear and articles of apparel is disclosed. The tensioning system includes a tensioning member that is tightened or loosened using a motorized tensioning device for winding and unwinding the tensioning member on a spool. The motorized tensioning device includes a torque transmitting system that allows for incremental tightening, incremental loosening and full loosening of the tensioning member.

Claim (Index 15):
A method of making a motorized tensioning device for adjusting a tensioning member in an article of footwear, comprising:\n coupling a motor to a gear reduction system, wherein the motor is configured to drive the gear reduction system; a spool configured to wind a tensioning member, wherein the spool can rotate in a first rotational direction for tightening the tensioning member and wherein the spool can rotate in a second rotational direction opposite the first direction for loosening the tensioning member; coupling a torque transmitting system to the gear reduction system and the spool, the torque transmitting system configured to transmit torque from the gear reduction system to the spool so that torque generated by the motor can rotate the spool in the first rotational direction; rotatably mounting the spool to a shaft including a threaded end; mounting a ratcheting assembly onto the threaded end of the shaft, wherein the ratcheting assembly is disposed between the gear reduction system and a first end of the spool, and where the ratcheting assembly transmits torque from the gear reduction system to the first end of the spool; mounting a rotation control assembly onto the shaft, the rotation control assembly being associated with a second end of the spool; wherein the ratcheting assembly is configured to transmit torque to the first end of the spool by rotating on the threaded end of the shaft and clamping against the first end of the spool; and wherein the rotation control assembly is configured to lock the shaft and the spool together so that shaft and the spool cannot rotate independently.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 51.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.86111
- Patent Class: 2.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15385280', '14015807', '14014491', '15171500', '14014555']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7851849985651956
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6184386259797395
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.76851036130665
- Mean Citation Score: 489.698016
- Max Citation Score: 585.3919999999998
- Similarity Product: 546.0155524873732

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