PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16017326
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["073", "660000"]

Abstract:
An inspection system includes a first ultrasonic probe positioned on and configured to move along a surface of a component. The first ultrasonic probe transmits ultrasonic energy. The inspection system also includes a second ultrasonic probe positioned on and configured to move along the surface of the component opposite the first probe. The second ultrasonic probe receives the ultrasonic energy transmitted by the first ultrasonic probe. Additionally, the inspection system includes a probe alignment system in communication with the first ultrasonic probe and the second ultrasonic probe. The probe alignment system is configured to analyze an energy characteristic for the ultrasonic energy received by the second ultrasonic probe to determine if a displacement characteristic for at least one of the first ultrasonic probe and the second ultrasonic probe requires adjustment.

Claim (Index 1):
An inspection system for inspecting a turbine rotor, the inspection system comprising:\n a first probe for positioning on a circumferential surface of the turbine rotor; a first inclinometer for positioning at one of: on the first probe or adjacent the first probe; a second probe for positioning on the circumferential surface of the turbine rotor, axially adjacent the first probe; a second inclinometer for positioning at one of: on the second probe or adjacent the second probe; and a probe alignment system in communication with the first inclinometer and the second inclinometer, the probe alignment system configured to axially align the first probe and second probe on the turbine rotor by:\n adjusting at least one of a first circumferential position of the first probe or a second circumferential position of the second probe in response to determining the first circumferential position of the first probe detected by the first inclinometer is distinct from the second circumferential position of the second probe detected by the second inclinometer.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.79592
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15828960', '15200082', '15593354', '11114316', '14249395']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6594101130596416
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.532321373548245
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6467012391085019
- Mean Citation Score: 237.027684
- Max Citation Score: 356.8928
- Similarity Product: 323.34294747219093

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