PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16113649
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["384", "484000"]

Abstract:
A bearing assembly for a shaft comprises an outer shell including first and second radial walls axially spaced apart from each other and joined by a circumferential wall. A sealing element is disposed in the outer shell and includes a body portion in sealing engagement with the first radial wall or the circumferential wall of the outer shell. The sealing element includes a lip portion protruding radially inward from the body portion. The lip portion is arranged to sealingly engage the shaft. A bearing is press fitted in the outer shell between the sealing element and the second radial wall of the outer shell.

Claim (Index 11):
A method for manufacturing a bearing assembly for a shaft, comprising:\n forming an outer shell including first and second radial walls axially spaced apart from each other and joined by a circumferential wall; installing a sealing element in the outer shell such that a body portion of the sealing element is in sealing engagement with the first radial wall or the circumferential wall of the outer shell; and press fitting a bearing in the outer shell between the sealing element and the second radial wall of the outer shell such that the sealing element is retained between the bearing and the outer shell.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.09615
- Patent Class: 384.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12764743', '13147315', '15923487', '13297366', '15116627']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7739423497798812
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4542703118240348
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7419751459842965
- Mean Citation Score: 172.158036
- Max Citation Score: 182.83392
- Similarity Product: 159.93406201492314

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

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