PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15866802
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-05
Patent Classification: ["219", "137620"]

Abstract:
A consumable assembly for use in an arc welding apparatus is provided that includes a nozzle assembly having a nozzle body, an insulator disposed within the nozzle body, and a nozzle insert disposed within the insulator. The nozzle insert includes an internal gas diverter. A contact tip is disposed within the nozzle assembly and includes at least one aperture extending from an exterior portion to an internal cavity, an exit orifice, a distal end face, and an exterior surface extending between the at least one aperture and the distal end portion of the contact tip. The internal gas diverter directs a flow of shield gas exiting the at least one aperture along the exterior surface of the contact tip, and a principal distance from the at least one aperture to the distal end face is varied to adjust the flow of the shield gas for improved cooling.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of cooling a contact tip for use in an arc welding apparatus comprising:\n directing a flow of shield gas into an internal cavity of the contact tip from a proximal end portion to a distal end portion; directing the flow of shield gas through at least one aperture formed through a body of the contact tip; and diverting the flow of shield gas with a component adjacent to the contact tip along an exterior surface of the contact tip toward the distal end portion, wherein the flow of shield gas into the internal cavity through the at least one aperture and around the exterior surface of the contact tip improves the cooling of the contact tip.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.57377
- Patent Class: 219.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14540798', '15866807', '14541069', '14540089', '14540060']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8515566515362917
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5467452960180657
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.821075515984469
- Mean Citation Score: 379.912448
- Max Citation Score: 429.4626
- Similarity Product: 311.763025641954

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