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 1):
A bearing and seal arrangement for an articulated joint, the bearing and seal arrangement comprising:\n a first spherical bearing comprising 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; a second spherical bearing comprising 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; the first spherical bearing and the second spherical bearing being aligned coaxially with one another; 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 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): 0.7498606618535348
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4790329879719765
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7227778944653791
- Mean Citation Score: 199.832994
- Max Citation Score: 224.91718
- Similarity Product: 194.32725541702985

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