PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16191535
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["073", "663000"]

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for inducing multiaxial vibrations to simulate an environment for transporting a stack of products is provided. A lower platform is provided for inducing uniaxial vibrations. A link is connected to the lower platform by a lower end of the link. The upper end of the link has a universal joint, through which the link is connected to an upper platform. The upper platform has a top surface, on which the stack of products can be placed. In operations, the uniaxial vibrations of the lower platform are transferred to the upper platform through the link and the universal joint, to induce pivotal movement of the upper platform with respect to the shaft of the link. As a result, multiaxial vibrations can be induced to the stack of products placed on the top surface of the upper platform.

Claim (Index 7):
A method for making an apparatus for inducing multiaxial vibrations to simulate an environment for handling a stack of products, said method comprising:\n providing a lower platform for inducing uniaxial vibrations; providing a link comprising a lower end, an upper end and a shaft extending between the lower end and the upper end, wherein the upper end comprises a universal joint; providing an upper platform, wherein the upper platform comprises a top surface on which the stack of products are placed; connecting the link to the lower platform by the lower end; connecting the link to the upper platform by the universal joint; wherein the uniaxial vibrations of the lower platform are transferred to the upper platform through the shaft and the universal joint to induce pivotal movement of the upper platform about the shaft, such that multiaxial vibrations are induced to the stack of products; and providing a movement limiter configured to limit the pivotal movement of the upper platform about the shaft; wherein the movement limiter is attached to the shaft of the link and comprises a top surface that is moveable with respect to the shaft; wherein the movement limiter comprises:\n a body fixedly mounted to the shaft and disposed between the lower platform and the upper platform, \n at least one adjuster moveably mounted to the body, the at least one adjuster having a top surface, and \n wherein the pivotal movement of the upper platform is limited by moving the at least one adjuster with respect to the body to adjust the vertical distance between the top surface of the at least one adjuster and a bottom surface of the upper platform, or \n wherein the movement limiter comprises:\n a body movably mounted to the shaft and disposed between the lower platform and the universal joint, the body having a top surface, and \n wherein the pivotal movement of the upper platform is limited by moving the body with respect to the shaft to adjust the vertical distance between the top surface of the body and a bottom surface of the universal joint.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.71429
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15258360', '16191580', '15145921', '12343017', '11203122']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6880933511199542
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5843549415774923
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6777195101657081
- Mean Citation Score: 333.99641
- Max Citation Score: 468.43494
- Similarity Product: 461.83441174483886

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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