PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15941092
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-10
Patent Classification: ["228", "112100"]

Abstract:
The friction stir welding head presented herein includes a head housing and an axle. The head housing extends from a top end to an open bottom end and defines a bore extending between the top end and the open bottom end. The axle that is coaxial with and rotatable within the bore. The axle is also laterally secured within the head housing and axially movable with respect to the head housing. Still further, the axle includes an engagement end that extends beyond the open bottom end of the head housing. The engagement end supports a friction stir welding tool that is configured to rotate with the axle to effectuate friction stir welding operations. The friction stir welding head may also include a load cell configured to generate load signals in response to axial movement of the axle.

Claim (Index 11):
A friction stir welding head, comprising:\n a head housing that extends from a top end to an open bottom end and defines a bore extending between the top end and the open bottom end; one or more floating components configured to support a friction stir welding tool, including an axle that is coaxial with the bore, one or more bearings that allow rotation of the axle within the bore, and a connector ring, each of the one or more floating components being axially movable with respect to the head housing; and a load cell disposed beneath the open bottom end of the head housing, the load cell being configured to generate load signals in response to axial movement of the floating components, wherein the connector ring connects a particular bearing of the one or more bearings to the load cell.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.41667
- Patent Class: 228.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10970907', '11100878', '11848695', '11751829', '11109519']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8047457024318022
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4817591797311086
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7724470501617329
- Mean Citation Score: 205.08414
- Max Citation Score: 210.20854
- Similarity Product: 157.08523952746629

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