PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15964110
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["073", "001790"]

Abstract:
A test apparatus is provided for testing a sensorless check device of an actuator. The sensorless check device is arranged to be used by mechanically moving a check device pin from a resting position to an actuation position and then releasing the check device pin to allow it to return to a resting position urged by an elastic return mechanism. The test apparatus comprises: a piston for contact with an actuator surface associated with the check device pin; a piston spring for urging the piston toward the actuator surface, wherein the piston spring is softer than the elastic return mechanism of the check device; and an adjustment and testing mechanism.

Claim (Index 14):
A method for testing the operation of a sensorless check device for a primary load path failure detection device, wherein the sensorless check device has an actuator surface associated with a check device pin and an elastic return mechanism for returning the actuator surface and the check device pin to a start position after use, the method comprising:\n bringing a piston of a testing apparatus into contact with an actuator surface associated with the check device pin, wherein a piston spring of the testing apparatus urges the piston toward the actuator surface, and wherein the piston spring is softer than the elastic return mechanism of the check device; compressing the piston spring until a load can be applied via the piston to the actuator surface to move the actuator surface; recording the position of the piston at the start of the movement of the actuator surface in order to establish a reference position; depressing the check device pin using the testing apparatus to simulate use of the check device; releasing the check device pin and allowing it to return toward the reference position being urged by its elastic return mechanism; determining when the check device pin reaches a final position by determining when the actuator surface is no longer applying a force to the piston; and comparing the final position of the check device pin to the reference position to ensure that the check device pin returns to its original position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.16667
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15088262', '15080791', '15225515', '13380121', '14601695']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6492933255801885
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5092114689444207
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6352851399166117
- Mean Citation Score: 197.576236
- Max Citation Score: 263.01825
- Similarity Product: 185.7356191942692

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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