PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16363602
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["073", "862530"]

Abstract:
Before using a load cell to measure a load (nozzle load) arising during relative movement between a suction tube and a pipe of a suction nozzle, the suction nozzle and a metal contact tool are moved towards each other by a set load with the metal contact tool contacting the tip section of the suction tube. When the suction tube and the pipe has moved relatively by set amount due to the suction nozzle and metal contact tool being moved towards each other, the nozzle load of the suction nozzle is measured using the load cell. Nozzle load is measured only for a suction nozzle for which relative movement of the suction tube and the pipe has been confirmed, and nozzle load is measured appropriately without damaging the load sensor.

Claim (Index 1):
A load measurement method for measuring a load that arises when a suction tube, which is for picking up and holding a component via the suction of air, and a pipe, which holds the suction tube internally so as to be relatively movable with a tip section of the suction tube protruding from the pipe, move relative to each other by a specified amount, the load measurement method comprising:\n a moving step of moving the suction nozzle and a rigid body in a direction to approach each other using a predetermined set load, the tip section of the suction nozzle being in contact with the suction tube; and a load measuring step for using a load sensor to measure a load that arises when the suction tube and the pipe move relative to each other while the tip section of the suction tube and the load sensor are in contact in a case in which the suction nozzle and the load sensor are moved in a direction to approach each other, with the tip section of the suction tube and the load sensor facing each other, and on condition that the suction tube and the pipe have moved relative to each other by the specified amount in the moving step.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.50909
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15305228', '15304739', '15576752', '14895756', '15318685']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7256443132735394
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5786915076238128
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7109490327085668
- Mean Citation Score: 297.441792
- Max Citation Score: 465.32248
- Similarity Product: 456.4163162957382

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