PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16119996
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["052", "698000"]

Abstract:
A device for using a C-Channel with threaded studs for strengthening and stiffening the connection joint between a beam and column that are constructed by combining two C-Channels. The present invention also relates to an alternate method or device for forming an enclosed column by connecting a Track and a C-Channel for strengthening and stiffening the connection joint between a beam and column with a Zee beam without welding.

Claim (Index 18):
A method for strengthening and stiffening a beam and column connection, the method comprising:\n a. fabricating a beam from two C-Channels having a medial side comprising a lip of the C-Channel and a lateral side comprising a web of the C-Channel, where the lip and the web are connected with a flange, by aligning the lips of the two C-Channels together, wherein welding is performed along a seam where the lips and the flanges of both C-Channels meet to form a beam with an inner side and an outer side and a left end and a right end; b. obtaining a multitude of studs having a first end and a second end; c. welding the first end of at least two studs perpendicularly to the inner side of the left end and the right end of the beam; d. welding the first end of at least two studs perpendicularly to the outer side of the left end and the right end of the beam; e. fabricating a column from two C-Channels having a medial side comprising a lip of the C-Channel and a lateral side comprising a web of the C-Channel, where the lip and the web are connected with a flange, by aligning the lips of the two C-Channels together, wherein welding is performed along a seam where the lips and the flanges of both C-Channels meet to form a column with an inner side and an outer side and a top end and a bottom end; f. welding the first end of at least two studs perpendicularly to the inner side of the top end of the column; g. welding the first end of at least two studs perpendicularly to the outer side of the bottom end of the column; h. drilling holes in a plate to correspond to the diameter and location of the studs on the outer side of the beam and outer side of the column to form an outer connecting plate; i. drilling holes in a plate to correspond to the diameter and location of the studs on the inner side of the beam and inner side of the column to form an inner connecting plate; j. erecting the column in a general vertical orientation so that the top end of the column is at a higher elevation than the bottom end of the column; k. placing the beam in a general horizontal orientation so that the left end of the beam is above and in alignment with the top end of the column; l. placing the left end of the beam on top of the top end of the column where the studs on the outer side of the left end of the beam are aligned with the studs on the outer side of the top end of the column; m. placing the outer connecting plate so that the studs on the outer side of the left end of the beam and the studs on the outer side of the top end of the column protrude through the outer connecting plate; n. securing the second end of all studs on the outer side to maintain the outer connecting plate in position; o. placing the inner connecting plate so that the studs on the inner side of the left end of the beam and the studs on the inner side of the top end of the column protrude through the inner connecting plate; and p. securing the second end of all studs on the inner side to maintain the inner connecting plate in position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.65116
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12315666', '12315805', '15903384', '12315754', '14615417']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7951654269754823
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4593705057768978
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7615859348556239
- Mean Citation Score: 150.35131199999995
- Max Citation Score: 156.38234
- Similarity Product: 122.32233760605097

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

Dataset: test