PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15898342
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["123", "090520"]

Abstract:
A rocker arm includes an outer arm with an outer follower and an inner arm which selectively pivots relative to the outer arm, the inner arm having an inner follower. A lost motion spring biases the inner arm to pivot relative to the outer arm. A lock pin which slides between a coupled position and a decoupled position. A pivot shaft includes a first portion a second portion centered about a first pivot shaft axis and a third portion located between the first portion and the second portion that is centered about a second pivot shaft axis which is parallel to, and laterally offset from, the first pivot shaft axis. The third portion supports the inner arm.

Claim (Index 1):
A rocker arm for transmitting rotational motion from a camshaft to opening and closing motion of a combustion valve in an internal combustion engine, said rocker arm comprising:\n an outer arm with an outer follower; an inner arm which selectively pivots relative to said outer arm, said inner arm having an inner follower; a lost motion spring which biases said inner arm to pivot relative to said outer arm in a first direction; a lock pin which slides between 1) a coupled position in which said lock pin prevents said inner arm from pivoting relative to said outer arm past a predetermined position of said inner arm relative to said outer arm in a second direction which is opposite of said first direction and 2) a decoupled position in which said lock pin permits said inner arm to pivot relative to said outer arm past said predetermined position in said second direction; and a pivot shaft extending from a pivot shaft first end to a pivot shaft second end, said pivot shaft having a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion such that said first portion is proximal to said pivot shaft first end and said second portion is proximal to said pivot shaft second end and said first portion and said second portion are centered about a first pivot shaft axis and such that said third portion is located between said first portion and said second portion and is centered about a second pivot shaft axis which is parallel to, and laterally offset from, said first pivot shaft axis, wherein said third portion supports said inner arm; wherein said first portion, said second portion, and said third portion are each cylindrical; and wherein said second portion is smaller in diameter than said third portion.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.55102
- Patent Class: 123.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15437039', '15690577', '15437028', '14289867', '15198978']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7391839854351648
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5246767186682365
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.717733258758472
- Mean Citation Score: 330.64799000000005
- Max Citation Score: 365.55493
- Similarity Product: 346.7863434810663

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