PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15887974
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["251", "129070"]

Abstract:
A proportional solenoid-controlled fluid valve assembly having a fluid pressure balancing diaphragm. The valve assembly also includes a solenoid coil assembly having a cylindrical conduit and a magnetic orifice piece positioned within the conduit. A plunger is positioned within the conduit and is movable within the conduit between a de-actuated position and an actuated position. A pressure balancing diaphragm is provided having a top side, a bottom side, an outer annular flange portion, a U-shaped portion, and an inner annular flange terminating at a diaphragm opening, with the diaphragm being positioned within valve base with the outer annular flange portion abutting the ledge of the valve base and the U-shaped portion abutting the valve seat. A retainer is also provided having a top cylindrical upstanding portion extending through the diaphragm opening and an aperture formed in the plunger. A magnetic frame is also included for securing the valve assembly in an assembled configuration, wherein a magnetic path is formed by magnetic orifice piece, plunger and the magnetic frame and the solenoid coil is configured to be actuated such that the plunger moves towards the magnetic orifice piece, thus lifting the diaphragm and retainer and allowing pressurized media to pass from the inlet port to the outlet port.

Claim (Index 15):
The valve assembly of  claim 14 , the retainer includes a fluid flow passageway formed therein to allow pressurized media from the inlet port to pass to the top side of the diaphragm and fill a cavity around the diaphragm, wherein said diaphragm acts as a pressure balance to balance a force that is exerted on a bottom side of the diaphragm and the force that is exerted on a mean convoluted diameter of the diaphragm on a top side.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.51136
- Patent Class: 251.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14683809', '15584169', '11769093', '13430409', '11198514']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7392701694696232
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4695144565016465
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7122945981728255
- Mean Citation Score: 173.600852
- Max Citation Score: 195.69669
- Similarity Product: 135.69073583623592

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