PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16266691
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["073", "632000"]

Abstract:
A probe assembly and an inspection system are provided for ultrasonic inspection. Designs for the probe assembly package components to fit into a bore of a hollow target. These designs may incorporate electronics to generate waves and to detect a wide selection of anomalies (e.g., transversal crack, longitudinal crack, and volumetric flaws) that can form in the hollow target. The probe assembly provides support structure to manipulate and operate these electronics in the bore. This support structure facilitates communication of signals, e.g., from transducer elements that operate as a phased array. The probe assembly also includes a fluid circulating system and coupling system that permits the probe device to detach and reattach to match the probe device (and other parts of the probe assembly) to the size of the bore. These systems allow for fluid and electrical signals to circulate through the probe assembly.

Claim (Index 1):
A probe for detecting an anomaly in a hollow target, said probe comprising:\n a probe device having a first end and a second end, a probe element proximate to the first end, and a fluid circulating system with a first port proximate to the first end and a second port proximate to the second end; and a rotating component coupling the first end of the probe device with the second end of the probe device, the rotating component comprising\n a first stationary part, the first stationary part being disposed adjacent to the first end of the probe device, \n a second rotating part that rotates relative to the first stationary part, the second rotating part being disposed adjacent to the second end of the probe device, and \n a coupling structure that couples the first stationary part with the second rotating part, the coupling structure configured to permit fluid and signal communication between the first stationary part and the second rotating part.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.92771
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15429417', '13903648', '15905106', '14528897', '15450818']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6734672670709034
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5193727600355018
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6580578163673633
- Mean Citation Score: 224.03561800000003
- Max Citation Score: 341.6348
- Similarity Product: 319.82897762045866

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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