PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15770929
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["384", "105000"]

Abstract:
A thrust foil bearing ( 20 ) includes a foil holder ( 21 ) and a plurality of foils ( 22 ). Each of the foils ( 22 ) includes: a top foil portion ( 22 a ); an extending portion ( 22 b ); and an underfoil portion ( 22 c ). The extending portion ( 22 b ) of the each of the foils ( 22 ) is arranged behind another of the foils ( 22 ) that is adjacent to the each of the foils ( 22 ) on the one circumferential side. The underfoil portion ( 22 c ) of the each of the foils ( 22 ) is arranged between the top foil portion ( 22 a ) of the another of the foils ( 22 ), which is adjacent to the each of the foils ( 22 ) on another circumferential side, and the end surface ( 21 a ) of the foil holder ( 21 ).

Claim (Index 6):
The thrust foil bearing according to  claim 4 , wherein the fixing portion is formed in a region of the top foil portion in a circumferential direction, which is not supported by the underfoil portion of the another of the foils.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.73913
- Patent Class: 384.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15103002', '15772123', '15102038', '15770587', '14911784']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8281285066253793
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5276551535599894
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7980811713188403
- Mean Citation Score: 310.73141
- Max Citation Score: 360.8038
- Similarity Product: 281.85052762694363

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