PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16131867
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["384", "147000"]

Abstract:
A bearing and seal arrangement for joints in heavy duty vehicles includes two spherical bearing each having an outer ring surrounding an inner member with lubricious liner disposed therebetween. One of the spherical bearings has a seal receiving area having an axially extending width that is greater than that of the other spherical bearing. The spherical bearings are aligned coaxially with one another. One seal receiving areas has a flexible double lipped annular seal and a scraper seal positioned therein. The scraper seal is positioned radially outward from the flexible double lipped annular seal. The other seal receiving area has a boot seal positioned therein.

Claim (Index 10):
An articulated joint comprising:\n a first structure comprising:\n a first support arm terminating in a first clevis, the first clevis having a first flange and a second flange spaced apart from one another by a first gap that has a first length; \n a second support arm terminating in a second clevis, the second clevis having a third flange and a fourth flange spaced apart from one another by a second gap having a second length, that is greater in magnitude than the first length; \n a second structure comprising:\n a third support arm having a fifth flange extending therefrom; \n a fourth support arm having a sixth flange extending therefrom; \n the fifth flange being positioned generally between the first flange and the second flange of the first clevis and pivotally connected thereto; \n the sixth flange being positioned generally between the third flange and the fourth flange of the second clevis and being pivotally connected thereto; \n a first spherical bearing moveably connecting the first clevis to the fifth flange, the first spherical bearing comprising:\n a first outer ring surrounding a first inner member, the first outer ring having a first spherical interior bearing surface, the first inner member having a first spherical exterior surface, a first lubricious liner disposed between the first outer ring and the first inner member, and at least one first seal receiving area having an axially extending first width; \n a second spherical bearing moveably connecting the second clevis to the sixth flange, the second spherical bearing comprising:\n a second outer ring surrounding a second inner member, the second outer ring having a second spherical interior bearing surface, the second inner member having a second spherical exterior surface, a second lubricious liner disposed between the second outer ring and the second inner member, and at least one second seal receiving area having an axially extending second width that is greater than the first width; \n the first spherical bearing and the second spherical bearing being aligned coaxially with one another; \n the at least one first seal receiving area having a flexible double lipped annular seal and a scraper seal positioned therein and extending between the first outer ring and the first inner member, the scraper seal being positioned radially outward from the flexible double lipped annular seal; and \n the at least one second seal receiving area having a boot seal positioned therein and extending between the second outer ring and the second inner member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.79032
- Patent Class: 384.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15634186', '16007404', '14099121', '14967541', '14084999']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7431748156517424
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.516050658445925
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7204623999311606
- Mean Citation Score: 199.832994
- Max Citation Score: 224.91718
- Similarity Product: 121.3856909163642

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

Dataset: test