PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15766683
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["384", "106000"]

Abstract:
A gas bearing system has at least one gas bearing ( 30, 32, 34 ) with a moving part and a static part and which can be operated in both aero-dynamic and aero-static modes. The system has a source ( 36 ) of pressurised gas fluidly connected with the bearing and a control system ( 134 ) for regulating the supply of pressurised gas to the bearing in dependence on the rotational speed of the moving part. The system has particular application in a turbocharger ( 1 ) where a flow of pressurised gas from the source is introduced into the bearing at the start-up and slow down phases of operation of the turbocharger, the flow being stopped, or reduced, when the turbocharger has reached normal operating speeds.

Claim (Index 11):
A gas bearing system as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the at least one bearing comprises at least one journal bearing, the static part comprising a tubular sleeve and the moving part comprising a journal surface of a shaft located within the sleeve, the sleeve having a plurality of restrictors for admitting pressurised gas from the source into the gap between the journal and the sleeve.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.88889
- Patent Class: 384.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14879338', '12697678', '13134118', '13500864', '15301433']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7870122775328222
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4943259504585446
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7577436448253945
- Mean Citation Score: 229.04194
- Max Citation Score: 241.66983
- Similarity Product: 170.60428652590514

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

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