PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16157810
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["029", "889210"]

Abstract:
In one aspect, a fan assembly is provided that can be manufactured while producing a significantly reduced amount of scrap material. More specifically, the fan assembly utilizes a hub ring and one or more hub strips to support a plurality of blades rather than a solid center disc or end disc used by some prior approaches. In another aspect, a method is provided that includes bending a member into an annular configuration and joining end portions of the member together to rigidly fix the member in the annular configuration. The rigid annular member may be used as an end ring, a hub ring, an orifice, or other component, while producing significantly less scrap material than traditional approaches.

Claim (Index 11):
A fan assembly comprising:\n a plurality of curved blades each having a first end and an opposite second end; a flat first end ring connected to each of the plurality of curved blades at the first end of each of the plurality of curved blades, the first end ring having a split-ring configuration with ends that are fixed relative to one another; a first weld fixing together the ends of the first end ring; a flat second end ring connected to each of the plurality of curved blades at the second end of each of the plurality of curved blades, the second end ring having a split-ring configuration with ends that are fixed relative to one another; a second weld fixing together the ends of the second end ring; a hub support connected to the plurality of curved blades intermediate the first and second end rings along the plurality of curved blades, the hub support having a circular outer periphery; and through openings in the hub support spaced about the circular outer periphery and the plurality of curved blades extend through the openings of the hub support.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.80282
- Patent Class: 29.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13022250', '14517212', '12681231', '13370468', '13776187']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8771873990086498
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5151705638291427
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8409857154906991
- Mean Citation Score: 235.513274
- Max Citation Score: 330.55417
- Similarity Product: 273.576049674114

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