PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15948960
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["126", "606000"]

Abstract:
In an example, the present invention provides a solar tracker apparatus. In an example, the apparatus comprises a center of mass with an adjustable hanger assembly configured with a clam shell clamp assembly on the adjustable hanger assembly and a cylindrical torque tube comprising a plurality of torque tubes configured together in a continuous length from a first end to a second end such that the center of mass is aligned with a center of rotation of the cylindrical torque tubes to reduce a load of a drive motor operably coupled to the cylindrical torque tube. Further details of the present example, among others, can be found throughout the present specification and more particularly below.

Claim (Index 9):
The apparatus of  claim 8  wherein the first pier comprises a wide flange beam;\n wherein the torque tube is made of a hollow structure steel; \n and further comprising a rail configured to support the clamp, the rail comprising a thread region configured to hold a bolt, the bolt being adapted to screw into the thread and bottom out against a portion of the torque tube such that the clamp is desirably torqued against the torque tube.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.87692
- Patent Class: 126.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15261681', '15656974', '14184656', '14101273', '14489416']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8772430837081693
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5543792743866373
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8449567027760161
- Mean Citation Score: 410.54703200000006
- Max Citation Score: 423.25183
- Similarity Product: 412.12978698446335

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