PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16078187
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["440", "057000"]

Abstract:
A ship propulsion unit includes: an engine including a crankshaft extending in a front-rear direction of a ship; a propeller shaft; a power transmission mechanism configured to couple the crankshaft and the propeller shaft; an upper case; and a lower case accommodating the propeller shaft and connected to the upper case. The power transmission mechanism includes a drive shaft extending from the upper case toward the lower case. The upper case and the engine are fixed to a ship body. A connection portion between the upper case and the lower case is provided with a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the lower case around an axis of the drive shaft.

Claim (Index 7):
The ship propulsion unit according to  claim 6 , wherein\n the upper case includes a first accommodating portion and a second accommodating portion that are separately formed, the first accommodating portion accommodates the output portion of the crankshaft, the engine-side power transmission portion and an upper end side of the drive shaft, the second accommodating portion accommodates an intermediate portion of the drive shaft and is attached to a lower side of the first accommodating portion with respect to the up-down direction of the ship, the lower case is connected to the second accommodating portion, and the rotation mechanism is provided in a connection portion between the second accommodating portion and the lower case.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.38
- Patent Class: 440.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13386850', '11819716', '14123506', '15123704', '13642604']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6007732181881275
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4927048466259119
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5899663810319059
- Mean Citation Score: 233.68885
- Max Citation Score: 239.35788
- Similarity Product: 175.4688954668927

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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