PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16242356
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["219", "061300"]

Abstract:
An apparatus ( 10 ) for joining a predetermined geometrical profile shape from a sheet material (SM) includes a positioning assembly ( 12 ) including a base member ( 14 ) and a frame ( 16 ) that is operable to receive the sheet material (SM), to configure the sheet material in a predetermined orientation and to linearly translate the sheet material along a process direction ( 20 ). A Z-bar ( 22 ) is configured to guide a first longitudinal edge (FE) and second longitudinal edge (SE) of the sheet material (SM) into adjacent alignment along the process direction ( 20 ). A welding and forging assembly ( 60 ) welds and then forges a seam between the first longitudinal edge (FE) and the second longitudinal edge (SE) of the associated sheet material (SM).

Claim (Index 1):
A welding apparatus for forming and welding a geometric profile shape from an associated sheet material comprising:\n a positioning assembly including a base member and a frame that is operable to receive the associated sheet material, configure the associated sheet material in a predetermined orientation and translate the associated sheet material along a process direction; a guide member attached to the base member that is configured to guide a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge of the associated sheet material into adjacent overlapping alignment along the process direction; and a welding assembly for welding a seam between the first longitudinal edge and the second longitudinal edge of the associated sheet material; wherein the guide member includes a first channel configured for receiving the first longitudinal edge of the associated sheet material and a second channel configured for receiving the second longitudinal edge of the associated sheet material, the first channel and second channel each having respective surfaces against which the first and second longitudinal edges of the associated sheet material are adapted to abut to determine an amount of overlap of the first and second longitudinal edges; and wherein a position of at least one of the respective surfaces of the first or second channel is adjustable to adjust the amount of overlap of the first and second longitudinal edges of the associated sheet material.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27941
- Patent Class: 219.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14824101', '13717786', '13779310', '12286775', '11663898']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8002035308969968
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.524259481662781
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7726091259735752
- Mean Citation Score: 204.86562400000005
- Max Citation Score: 350.33496
- Similarity Product: 305.5684835105753

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

Dataset: test