PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15879161
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["384", "420000"]

Abstract:
A method of assembling a thrust bearing arrangement is disclosed. The method includes (a) providing a thrust bearing assembly. The thrust bearing assembly includes a support washer. The support washer includes a radially outer rim defining a plurality of slots extending radially outward from the radially outer rim. The method includes (b) providing a spring plate. The spring plate includes projections at a radially outer region. The projections extend in an axial direction. The method includes (c) aligning the projections of the spring plate with the slots of support washer. The method includes (d) deforming the projections of the spring plate to retain the thrust bearing assembly with the spring plate.

Claim (Index 9):
A method of assembling a thrust bearing arrangement comprising:\n (a) providing a thrust bearing assembly, the thrust bearing assembly including at least one support washer, the at least one support washer including a radially outer rim defining a plurality of slots extending radially outward from the radially outer rim; (b) providing a spring plate, the spring plate including a plurality of projections at a radially outer region, the plurality of projections extending in an axial direction; (c) aligning the plurality of projections of the spring plate with the slots of the at least one support washer; and (d) deforming the plurality of projections of the spring plate to retain the thrust bearing assembly with the spring plate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.7234
- Patent Class: 384.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15005405', '15588356', '14573951', '13021250', '12261028']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7891941999658512
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4809195079402942
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7583667307632954
- Mean Citation Score: 195.630182
- Max Citation Score: 202.48563
- Similarity Product: 150.82686058788298

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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