PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15946284
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["081", "475000"]

Abstract:
Torque-limiting mechanisms comprising an upper shank component with a torque-limiting interface, a lower shank component with a torque-limiting interface, and a biasing element. Torque-limiting interfaces having a plurality of undulations arranged around an axial bore or drive socket and separated by a plurality of transition regions, with each undulation having an upslope, a peak, and a downslope. The torque-limiting interfaces are configured to engage and disengage to provide torque transmission with predetermined torque limits at various rotational speeds and for amounts of actuations while remaining within a specified operational range.

Claim (Index 1):
A torque-limiting mechanism comprising:\n an upper shank component ( 200 ) comprising a proximal end ( 201 ), a distal end ( 202 ), an axial bore ( 210 ) connecting the proximal end and the distal end, and a first undulated torque-limiting interface ( 250 ) disposed on the proximal end; a lower shank component ( 100 ) comprising a proximal end ( 101 ), a distal end ( 102 ), a drive socket ( 110 ) connecting the proximal end and the distal end, and a second undulated torque-limiting interface ( 150 ) disposed on the proximal end, wherein the upper shank component and the lower shank component are aligned along an axis ( 50 ) in the direction of the axial bore and the drive socket with the first torque-limiting interface in contact with the second torque-limiting interface; and a compressible biasing element ( 300 ) with a  50  to  100  durometer rating configured to apply compressive force (F) along the axis to compress the first torque-limiting interface against the second torque-limiting interface; wherein the upper shank component and the lower shank component are configured to engage to rotate together when torque is applied to the lower shank component via the drive socket; and, wherein the upper shank component and the lower shank component are configured to disengage when a predetermined torque limit is exceeded.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.58065
- Patent Class: 81.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15946308', '15583803', '15946326', '15691595', '15241464']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.819096565103667
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5455148351509969
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7917383921084
- Mean Citation Score: 375.492022
- Max Citation Score: 425.5193
- Similarity Product: 381.10795297101737

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test