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 4):
A method for inducing multiaxial vibrations to simulate an environment for handling a stack of products, said method comprising:\n inducing uniaxial vibrations of a lower platform, wherein the lower platform is connected to a lower end of a link, wherein the link comprises the lower end, an upper end and a shaft extending between the lower end and the upper end, wherein the upper end of the link comprises a universal joint, wherein an upper platform is connected to the link through the universal joint, wherein the upper platform comprises a top surface on which the stack of products are placed; inducing pivotal movement of the upper platform about the shaft by the uniaxial vibrations; inducing multiaxial vibrations of the stack of products by the pivotal movement of the upper platform; and limiting the pivotal movement of the upper platform by a movement limiter, wherein the movement limiter comprises a body movably mounted to the shaft and disposed between the lower platform and the universal joint, the body having a top surface; and wherein the limiting the pivotal movement of the upper platform comprises 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): 0.6882088549974548
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5840680106310032
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6777947705608097
- Mean Citation Score: 333.99641
- Max Citation Score: 468.43494
- Similarity Product: 459.990013051604

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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