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 7):
The welding apparatus of  claim 6 , further including:\n a controller that is configured to control the welding apparatus such that at least one of the plurality of rolls can be automatically translated inwardly against the associated sheet material and outwardly away from the associated sheet material to adjust the radial position of the associated sheet material as the associated sheet material is translated along the process direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.27941
- Patent Class: 219.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14824101', '13717786', '13779310', '12286775', '11663898']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8186694599368375
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5274173455358353
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7895442484967373
- Mean Citation Score: 204.86562400000005
- Max Citation Score: 350.33496
- Similarity Product: 287.4186850262546

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