PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15977675
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["137", "334000"]

Abstract:
A closed lubrication or hydraulic system that eliminates the traditional breather cap and includes (1) oxygen absorber that removes oxygen molecules and (2) a desiccant to dry the air that communicates with hydraulic fluid or lubricant in a reservoir. A metallic heat conduction rod is partially exposed to internal air and partly exposed to ambient air. The conduction rod is in close proximity to the oxygen absorber and desiccant in the cartridge. A cool portion on the conduction rod attracts hot humid internal air causing condensation of water near the surface of the conduction rod.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus which comprises:\n means for cooperation with an associated fluid system selected from the group consisting of\n (a) hydraulic systems in which a force that is applied to a liquid at one point within a confined space is transmitted to another point using an incompressible liquid and \n (b) lubrication systems that utilizes a pump to force a lubricant into the interface between two parts that move with respect to each other; \n said associated fluid system having means for holding a fluid which comprises a reservoir dimensioned and configured for holding a volume of liquid in a part of the reservoir and a volume of gas above the volume of liquid as well as an associated vent to atmosphere in fluid communication with the volume of gas; said means for cooperating including means for isolating ambient air from the associated fluid system including the volume of liquid and volume if gas which includes means for connection to the associated vent to prevent fluid communication between any fluid in the reservoir and ambient air, wherein the means for isolating includes:\n means for allowing the volume of the associated fluid system to vary that includes a variable volume device in fluid communication with the associated vent of the associated reservoir to permit variations in volume of all fluids within the associated fluid system that would otherwise mix much less desirable ambient air through a conventional vent, resulting in compromising the substantial isolation of the associated fluid system from ambient air as the result of normal operation of the associated fluid system; and \n said means for cooperating further including: (1) means for absorbing oxygen within the associated fluid system which includes an oxygen absorber disposed in fluid communication with the volume of gas within the associated reservoir when the apparatus is connected to the associated fluid system whereby the atmosphere within the associated reservoir has a higher concentration of nitrogen than the concentration in the surrounding ambient conditions when the apparatus is connected to the associated fluid system resulting in the volume of gas disposed above the volume of liquid having a composition that is less oxidizing than ambient air; (2) means for cooling a part of the volume of gas above the volume of liquid when the apparatus is connected to the associated fluid system which includes a unitary thermally conductive member having first and second spaced portions, said first portion being in thermal communication with ambient conditions outside of the associated fluid system and said second portion being in thermal communication with conditions within the associated fluid system when said apparatus is connected to the associated fluid system; and means for absorbing water from the volume of gas when the apparatus is connected to the associated fluid system disposed proximate to said second portion and said means for absorbing includes a desiccant.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.71667
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: closed
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13958613', '11257256', '14126293', '10845451', '10165753']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8608652012241819
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5241674947380551
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8271954305755692
- Mean Citation Score: 221.829516
- Max Citation Score: 388.40643
- Similarity Product: 298.2063850754946

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

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