PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16000068
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["299", "001500"]

Abstract:
A self-propelled construction machine includes a machine frame and an operating drum arranged in a drum housing which is open downwards and is closed on both sides by an edge protector which is adjustable in height. A control assembly determines a reference value for the height of the ground surface relative to the machine frame on which the edge protector rests in a floating position, the height of the edge protector relative to the machine frame and the lowering speed of the edge protector. Furthermore, the control assembly is configured such that the height of the edge protector relative to the machine frame is determined at the point in time at which the lowering speed of the edge protector is less than a specified limit value. Preferred embodiments of the machine furthermore detect the edge protector sinking into the ground, and/or prevent the edge protector from digging into the ground.

Claim (Index 21):
A self-propelled construction machine, comprising:\n a machine frame; an operating drum arranged in a drum housing, wherein the housing is downwardly open and encloses the drum on at least one side by an edge protector; a lifting assembly configured to adjust a height of the edge protector relative to the machine frame, wherein the edge protector is configured in a floating state to automatically lower onto a surface of the ground from a raised position and, after coming into contact with the ground surface, to engage the ground surface with a specified contact force and follow changes in a height of the ground surface relative to the machine frame as the construction machine moves forward; one or more sensors associated with the lifting assembly and configured to generate at least a distance signal indicating an actual height of the edge protector relative to the machine frame; and a controller coupled to receive the at least the distance signal from the one or more sensors and configured to generate a control signal indicating that the edge protector is sinking into the ground when a difference between a reference value for the height of the ground surface and the actual height of the edge protector relative to the machine frame is greater than a specified limit value for a sinking-in depth of the edge protector.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.30882
- Patent Class: 299.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14955611', '13788962', '13788897', '15679349', '15428177']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6591953325501921
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.565228789554874
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6497986782506603
- Mean Citation Score: 279.870194
- Max Citation Score: 438.97458
- Similarity Product: 430.43963415160425

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

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