PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16140360
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["016", "286000"]

Abstract:
An appliance hinge assembly includes an arm to mate with a receiver. A door mounting lever is adapted to be connected to an appliance door, and the lever includes an inner end pivotally connected to the arm. The lever pivots relative to the arm between a first position and a second position, through an intermediate position. A slide link is located adjacent the lever. The slide link inner end is pivotally connected to the arm at a location that is offset from the main pivot axis such that pivoting movement of the lever results in movement of the slide link relative to the lever. A biasing system includes a spring that urges the lever toward the first position. A damper system includes a damper that damps movement of the lever. Alternatively, the arm connects to the appliance door and the lever connects to the appliance body.

Claim (Index 1):
A hinge assembly for an associated appliance door, said hinge assembly comprising:\n an arm; a lever comprising an inner end pivotally connected to the arm and an outer end spaced from said inner end, said lever and arm adapted to pivot relative to each other about a main pivot axis between a first position that corresponds to a closed position of the associated appliance door and a second position that corresponds to an opened position of the associated appliance door, wherein said lever and arm pivot relative to each other through in intermediate position located between the first and second positions when the lever and arm pivot between the first and second positions; a slide link located adjacent the lever and comprising a slide link inner end and a slide link outer end spaced from said slide link inner end, said slide link inner end pivotally connected to the arm at a location that is offset from said main pivot axis such that relative pivoting movement between said lever and said arm about said main pivot axis results in movement of the slide link relative to the lever; a biasing system for urging the arm and lever toward said first position, said biasing system comprising a spring operatively engaged with the lever and the slide link, said spring exerting a biasing force on the slide link relative to the lever that urges the slide link toward the outer end of the lever and that urges the lever and arm toward the first position; a damper system that engages the arm and damps relative pivoting movement between the arm and the lever for at least part of the relative movement between the arm and the lever when the arm and lever pivot relative to each other from the second position toward the first position, said damper system comprising a damper that contacts said arm during at least part of the relative movement between the arm and the lever when the arm and lever pivot relative to each other from the second position toward the first position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.45312
- Patent Class: 16.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15498466', '14840772', '14069324', '14170549', '15246030']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7162266851168531
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5490327660799607
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6995072932131638
- Mean Citation Score: 323.92505
- Max Citation Score: 409.63004
- Similarity Product: 392.3788725511074

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

Dataset: test