PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16120351
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["415", "229000"]

Abstract:
A turbine and a turbine-generator device for use in electricity generation. The turbine has a universal design and so may be relatively easily modified for use in connection with generators having a rated power output in the range of 50 KW to 5 MW. Such modifications are achieved, in part, through use of a modular turbine cartridge built up of discrete rotor and stator plates sized for the desired application with turbine brush seals chosen to accommodate radial rotor movements from the supported generator. The cartridge may be installed and removed from the turbine relatively easily for maintenance or rebuilding. The rotor housing is designed to be relatively easily machined to dimensions that meet desired operating parameters.

Claim (Index 16):
A system for generating electricity, the system comprising:\n an electric generator having a proximal end, a distal end, a generator rotor and a stator, said generator rotor being disposed for rotational movement within said stator about a rotational axis, said generator also including a first magnetic radial bearing positioned adjacent said proximal end, and a second magnetic radial bearing positioned adjacent said distal end, said first and second magnetic radial bearings surrounding said generator rotor and supporting said generator rotor such that said generator rotor does not move, during operation, more than a first radial distance out of coaxial alignment with said rotation axis, said generator further including at least one brush seal extending radially inwardly toward said generator rotor and a brush seal seat positioned radially inwardly of said at least one brush seal a first distance selected so that said at least one brush seal is positioned proximate said brush seal seat, said at least one brush seal being sized and configured, and having a rigidity selected to, support said generator rotor during startup and shut down such that said generator rotor does not deviate more than a second radial distance out of co-axial alignment with said rotational axis, said second radial distance being 0.8 to 5 times said first radial distance; and a turbine having at least one turbine stator and at least one turbine rotor supported for rotational movement relative to said at least one turbine stator about said rotational axis, said at least one turbine rotor being coupled with said generator rotor so as to rotationally drive said generator rotor, said turbine having a first end attached to said proximal end of said generator, wherein said at least one turbine stator includes a plurality of turbine stator plates, said at least one turbine rotor includes a plurality of turbine rotor plates, and said turbine stator plates and turbine rotor plates have substantially flat contact surfaces.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 21.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.58974
- Patent Class: 415.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13937978', '15227604', '14390253', '11796567', '15520400']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7983749613378882
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4853882390962828
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7670762891137277
- Mean Citation Score: 261.496802
- Max Citation Score: 363.9642
- Similarity Product: 300.2403494490981

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

Dataset: test