PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15897878
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["074", "570300"]

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for balancer shaft assemblies featuring bearing caps. In one example, a system may include a bearing cap connected to a housing surrounding a balancer shaft. The bearing cap may have faces which contact components of the balancer shaft. This contact may prevent movement of the balancer shaft in a particular direction.

Claim (Index 1):
A balancer shaft assembly for an internal combustion engine comprising:\n a bearing cap; and a balancer shaft configured to rotate within a bearing comprising the bearing cap, the bearing cap comprising first and second thrust control faces on opposing sides of the bearing cap, wherein the first and second thrust control faces form the extreme faces of the bearing cap in the axial direction, wherein the balancer shaft comprises first and second components, and wherein the first and second components are arranged on the opposing sides of the bearing cap.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.525
- Patent Class: 74.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10934369', '14564716', '11985919', '11141895', '13673507']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7647787385665892
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4443556397051806
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7327364286804483
- Mean Citation Score: 172.40116
- Max Citation Score: 184.1631
- Similarity Product: 142.82015246255992

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

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