PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15962668
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["244", "171300"]

Abstract:
A mass accelerator for launching objects, such as a payload, via rotational acceleration is disclosed. The system may comprise a chamber maintained at near vacuum pressure, a motor that rotates a hub attached to a tethered projectile in a circular motion inside the vacuum chamber, accelerating the payload until the payload reaches a desired launch speed. The payload may be released from the tether upon reaching the desired launch speed and may exit the chamber through an exit port that is opened briefly to allow the payload to exit. In various embodiments, the circular mass acceleration system can be used to launch a payload into space orbit. By employing rotational acceleration via a mechanical approach, the acceleration system provides a cost-effective reusable system for launching objects.

Claim (Index 9):
An acceleration system for launching a payload, the system comprising:\n a chamber under at least partial vacuum pressure, the chamber comprising a concave dome-shaped roof structure comprising a plurality of roof panels under tension; a tether comprising a first end coupled to a payload in proximity to an edge of the chamber and a second end coupled to a motor at a center of the chamber, the motor causing the tether and the payload to rotate in a circular motion until the payload reaches a desired launch speed; a release mechanism that releases the payload from the tether once the payload reaches the desired launch speed; and an exit port to allow the payload to exit from the chamber upon release from the tether.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.82667
- Patent Class: 244.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15133105', '12331311', '15440552', '14211779', '15852815']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8101443456015823
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5532601620322466
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7844559272446487
- Mean Citation Score: 229.31224000000003
- Max Citation Score: 421.69406
- Similarity Product: 392.11040449627166

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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