PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16130914
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["285", "098000"]

Abstract:
A swivel joint includes a tubular female member which is rotatably connected to a tubular male member. The female member includes a female race portion having an axially extending inner annular recess, a female inner end portion which is formed at an axially inner end of the recess, and a number of inner annular grooves which are formed in the recess coaxially therewith. The male member includes a male race portion having an annular outer surface which is configured to be received in the recess, a male nose portion which is formed at an end of the male race portion, and a number of outer annular grooves which are formed on the outer surface coaxially therewith. The male race portion is positioned in the female race portion such that the male nose portion is located adjacent the female inner end portion and each outer groove is aligned with a corresponding inner groove to thereby define a number of annular bearing races within which a plurality of balls are received to thereby rotatably connect the male member to the female member. A first primary seal is positioned between the male nose portion and the female inner end portion, and a second seal is positioned between the male nose portion and the female inner end portion radially outwardly of the first primary seal. The male nose portion comprises an end wall which extends radially outwardly from the flow bore and a conical side wall which extends both radially and axially outwardly relative to the cylindrical side wall, and the second seal comprises at least a first portion which sealingly engages the conical side wall.

Claim (Index 1):
A swivel joint comprising:\n a tubular female member which includes a female race portion having an axially extending inner annular recess, a female inner end portion which is formed at an axially inner end of the recess, and a number of inner annular grooves which are formed in the recess coaxially therewith; a tubular male member which includes a male race portion having an annular outer surface which is configured to be received in the recess, a male nose portion which is formed at an end of the male race portion, and a number of outer annular grooves which are formed on the outer surface coaxially therewith; wherein the male race portion is positioned in the female race portion such that the male nose portion is located adjacent the female inner end portion and each outer groove is aligned with a corresponding inner groove to thereby define a number of annular bearing races within which a plurality of balls are received to thereby rotatably connect the male member to the female member; a first primary seal which is positioned between the male nose portion and the female inner end portion; and a second seal which is positioned between the male nose portion and the female inner end portion radially outwardly of the first primary seal; wherein the male nose portion comprises an end wall which extends radially outwardly from the flow bore and a conical side wall which extends both radially and axially outwardly relative to the cylindrical side wall; and wherein the second seal comprises at least a first portion which sealingly engages the conical side wall.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.38095
- Patent Class: 285.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14555995', '14524704', '14201054', '12165680', '15618977']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7563165559251863
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5224692677529945
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7329318271079671
- Mean Citation Score: 310.22223799999995
- Max Citation Score: 552.6731
- Similarity Product: 548.0148540952682

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