PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15948960
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["126", "606000"]

Abstract:
In an example, the present invention provides a solar tracker apparatus. In an example, the apparatus comprises a center of mass with an adjustable hanger assembly configured with a clam shell clamp assembly on the adjustable hanger assembly and a cylindrical torque tube comprising a plurality of torque tubes configured together in a continuous length from a first end to a second end such that the center of mass is aligned with a center of rotation of the cylindrical torque tubes to reduce a load of a drive motor operably coupled to the cylindrical torque tube. Further details of the present example, among others, can be found throughout the present specification and more particularly below.

Claim (Index 1):
A solar tracker apparatus, the apparatus comprising:\n a drive device; a frame assembly coupled to the continuous torque tube, the frame assembly coupled to a plurality of solar modules; a clamp assembly comprising a housing coupled to the continuous torque tube such that the continuous torque tube is coupled to the housing, the housing comprising an opening having a major plane normal to a length of the continuous torque tube, the opening comprising a first inner region and a second inner region, the first inner region acts as a first stop for the continuous torque tube when moved in a first radial direction, and the second inner region acts as a second stop for the continuous torque tube when moved in a second radial direction; wherein the drive device is operable to move the torque tube and is under a load and moves the torque tube about the center of rotation from a first radial position to a second radial position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.87692
- Patent Class: 126.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15261681', '15656974', '14184656', '14101273', '14489416']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8774879030232774
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5533945921056175
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8450785719315114
- Mean Citation Score: 410.54703200000006
- Max Citation Score: 423.25183
- Similarity Product: 401.55791128563993

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

Dataset: test