PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16188380
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["454", "279000"]

Abstract:
A refrigeration appliance includes an insulated cabinet having a side wall and a machine compartment positioned adjacent the side wall. An aperture is provided through the first side wall to allow air to flow into the machine compartment. An air vent is provided at the exterior surface of the side wall so as to cover the aperture. The air vent having a first set of louvers. A sound barrier is provided at the interior surface of the side wall at the aperture. The sound barrier has a second set of louvers, where the second set of louvers are positioned with respect to the first set of louvers such that there is no mechanical access to components in the machine compartment through the air vent, and such that sounds from within the machine compartment are dampened while still allowing air to flow through the air vent.

Claim (Index 15):
A combined air vent and sound barrier for a refrigeration appliance wherein the refrigeration appliance comprises an insulated cabinet in which at least one refrigerated storage compartment and a machine compartment are provided, the insulated cabinet including at least a first side wall, a second side wall and a back wall disposed between the first and second side walls, the first side wall including an exterior surface and an interior surface, the machine compartment being positioned adjacent the first side wall, the insulated cabinet further including an aperture provided through the first side wall to allow air to flow from outside the insulated cabinet into the machine compartment, the combined air vent and sound barrier comprising:\n an air vent configured for placement at the exterior surface of the first side wall so as to cover the aperture, wherein said air vent has a set of louvers arranged such that air may flow therebetween; and a sound barrier configured for placement at the interior surface of the first side wall at the aperture, said sound barrier having a dome that is concave towards the machine compartment and convex towards said air vent, said sound barrier arranged such that sounds from within the machine compartment are dampened to reduce resulting sound levels outside said air vent while still allowing air to flow through said air vent and said sound barrier from outside the insulated cabinet into the machine compartment, wherein said air vent and said sound barrier interlock with one another.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.35385
- Patent Class: 454.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14982439', '10687749', '15384980', '11201977', '14273852']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7916968819863778
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.598848465679293
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7724120403556692
- Mean Citation Score: 281.94958
- Max Citation Score: 503.49576
- Similarity Product: 478.5298703825569

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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