PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15891559
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["254", "272000"]

Abstract:
In at least one illustrative embodiment, a winch may include first and second end frames, a drum coupled between the first and second end frames and configured to rotate to wind or unwind a cable, a brake configured to resist rotation of the drum when engaged, a switch configured to cause the brake to engage the drum when the switch is activated, a slack arm frame having a first end engaged with the cable and a second end pivotally coupled between the first and second end frames, where the slack arm frame is configured to pivot between a first position when the cable is taut and a second position when the cable is slack, and a cam coupled to the slack arm frame and configured to rotate with the slack arm frame to activate the switch when the slack arm frame is in the second position.

Claim (Index 12):
The winch of  claim 11 , further comprising a second drop stop coupled to the second lever arm and extending toward the first or second end frame, the second drop stop being configured to engage the first or second end frame when the slack arm frame pivots in response to the cable becoming slack to prevent further pivoting of the slack arm frame.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.96154
- Patent Class: 254.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14282416', '13961465', '15221834', '15241794', '13128547']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7654091565174825
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5080263241905401
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7396708732847883
- Mean Citation Score: 246.706296
- Max Citation Score: 443.06982
- Similarity Product: 354.61038045332907

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

Dataset: test