PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15779806
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["228", "112100"]

Abstract:
An apparatus for forming a friction weld, the apparatus comprising: a support arrangement; a holding member, which is supported by the supporting ar-rangement, and which may be driven to rotate with respect thereto, or move with respect thereto along an arcuate path;a consumable element having a first joining face, the consumable element being mounted in a mounting location on the holding member so that the first joining face is exposed, wherein the consumable element is rotatable with respect to the holding member about a first centre of rotation, and wherein when the holding member is driven to rotate or move with respect to the support arrangement, the first centre of rotation travels in an orbital motion with respect to the support arrangement; and at least a first alignment arrangement, positioned to hold a first workpiece in place so that an attachment face of the first workpiece is aligned with the first joining face of the consumable element.

Claim (Index 2):
An apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein:\n the apparatus is for forming a friction weld between first and second workpieces; the consumable element has first and second joining faces; when the consumable element is mounted in the mounting location on the holding member the first and second joining faces are exposed; and the apparatus comprises first and second alignment arrangements, positioned to hold the first and second workpieces respectively in place so that attachment faces of the first and second workpieces are aligned with the respective first and second joining faces of the consumable element.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 52.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.38889
- Patent Class: 228.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['11527030', '14774736', '12420927', '10537180', '10557047']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8070060102429122
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4639003653158785
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7726954457502089
- Mean Citation Score: 149.42858
- Max Citation Score: 158.2644
- Similarity Product: 123.12858018529413

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

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