PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15938346
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["454", "278000"]

Abstract:
Devices for retrofitting existing, manual airflow registers are described that convert a manual register with blades into a motorized damper. The devices include a support structure attached to the register and having a motor that moves a linking apparatus. The linking apparatus is coupled with a lever of the register that itself is coupled with the blades such that movement of the lever rotates the blades and therefore control the amount of airflow through the register. By moving the linking apparatus via a motor, the lever can also be moved allowing the manual airflow register to be automatically controlled with the need to replace the existing register.

Claim (Index 12):
A method for retrofitting an existing manual airflow register to a motorized damper, wherein the register comprises a plurality of blades and a lever connected to each of the blades such that movement of the lever rotates each of the blades simultaneously, the method comprising:\n providing a support structure comprising a frame having first and second sets of legs extending outwardly from opposing sides of the frame, wherein the first set of legs are configured to attach to a first side of an existing manual airflow register and the second set of legs are configured to attach to a second side of the existing manual airflow register, wherein the register comprises a set of blades and a lever connected to each of the blades such that movement of the lever rotates each of the blades simultaneously; wherein the support structure further comprises a gear box disposed on the support structure, and wherein the gear box connects a threaded rod to a motor, such that the motor can cause rotation of the threaded rod via the gear box, wherein the threaded rod and motor are supported by the support structure; providing a linking apparatus on the threaded rod, such that rotation of the threaded rod causes movement of the linking apparatus with respect to the support structure; attaching the first set of legs to the first side of the existing manual airflow register, and attaching the second set of legs to the second side of the existing manual airflow register, where the first side is opposite of the second side; coupling the linking apparatus to the lever using a pin that extends from the linking apparatus through a hole in the lever, such that the movement of the linking apparatus causes movement of the lever, which causes each of the blades to rotate simultaneously.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.94828
- Patent Class: 454.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15338166', '13710709', '11899669', '15225482', '14509969']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8007389050140048
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4681714661253923
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7674821611251436
- Mean Citation Score: 133.63852
- Max Citation Score: 147.30702
- Similarity Product: 106.44785199856638

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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