PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15781225
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["384", "286000"]

Abstract:
A hydrodynamic bearing includes an annular inner surface surrounding a rotary shaft to support and guide rotation thereof about the longitudinal rotation axis thereof in an upstream to downstream rotation direction. The inner surface includes an orifice for supplying lubricant and first and second discharge recesses distributed on either side of the supply orifice according to the width of the bearing. The first discharge recess opens into a first side groove and the second discharge recess opens into a second side groove. The first and second side grooves extend along a portion of the circumference of the bearing on lateral sides of the inner surface of the bearing, from the respective first and second discharge recesses towards a third discharge recess located downstream of the two recesses, to direct the lubricant collected by the first and second discharge recesses towards the third recess to be discharged outside the bearing.

Claim (Index 13):
A hydrodynamic bearing, comprising:\n an annular inner surface configured to surround, support and guide a rotation of a rotary shaft about a longitudinal axis of rotation of the rotary shaft in an upstream to downstream direction of rotation, said annular inner surface including: a lubricant supply orifice; a first discharge recess and a second discharge recess formed on opposite sides of said supply orifice across a width of the bearing, said first discharge recess opening into a first side groove and said second discharge recess opening into a second side groove for respectively guiding the lubricant downstream away from said first side groove and said second side groove; and said first side groove and said second side groove extending along a portion of a circumference of the bearing on lateral sides of said annular inner surface of the bearing from said first discharge recess and said second discharge recess respectively toward a third discharge recess located downstream, for directing the lubricant collected by said first and second discharge recesses toward said third discharge recess to be discharged outside the bearing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 35.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27941
- Patent Class: 384.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['16304310', '14374303', '13817403', '14763930', '14939236']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7395693359828895
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4962672246254492
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7152391248471456
- Mean Citation Score: 192.94484000000003
- Max Citation Score: 236.3888
- Similarity Product: 176.50141188526158

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

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