PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15937660
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["280", "124113"]

Abstract:
A rod-end front suspension is provided for an off-road vehicle. The rod-end front suspension comprises a spindle assembly that is pivotally coupled with an upper suspension arm by way of a first rod-end joint and pivotally coupled with a lower suspension arm by way of a second rod-end joint. A steering rod-end joint coupled with the spindle assembly pivotally receives a steering rod. An axle assembly coupled with the spindle assembly conducts torque from a transaxle to a wheel coupled with the spindle assembly. Each of the first and second rod-end joints comprises a ball rotatably retained within a casing. The ball is fastened within a recess between parallel prongs extending from the spindle assembly. A threaded shank extending from the casing is threadably fixated with the suspension arm, such that the spindle assembly may be moved with respect to the casing and the suspension arm.

Claim (Index 13):
The front suspension arm of  claim 4 , wherein any one or more of the one or more mounting points is comprised of a rod-end joint configured to allow substantially vertical motion of the suspension arm due to operation of the off-road vehicle, the rod-end joint comprising:\n a ball rotatably retained within a casing; a bore extending through the ball and configured to receive a bolt that is configured to fixate the ball between parallel prongs of the chassis; a threaded shank fixedly coupled with the casing and configured to be received by any one of the one or more mounting points; and a misalignment spacer disposed on each of opposite sides of the ball and configured to provide clearance for rotation of the casing on the ball.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.36923
- Patent Class: 280.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15625692', '15625660', '15625813', '13724203', '13541804']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8109574586458713
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5607440735128615
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7859361201325703
- Mean Citation Score: 315.770548
- Max Citation Score: 435.15228
- Similarity Product: 358.64614350688936

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

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