PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16289704
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-03
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["180", "006620"]

Abstract:
A mobile platform for materials transport is provided. The platform includes a pair of suspension devices that in turn include a pair of rocker beams which can be rotated between two positions: a first position where central wheels attached thereto can be used to drive the platform; and a second position where the central wheels are retracted and the platform can be rolled on end wheels without the friction of the central wheels, and an associated drive system, impeding movement of the platform. Furthermore, data from sensors and/or load cells can be used to control movement of the platform; specifically shifts in load distribution and/or sensed forces at the suspension devices can indicate that a load (and/or materials) has shifted and/or is shifting and movement of the platform is adjusted accordingly, for example to prevent the platform and/or the load (and/or materials) from tipping.

Claim (Index 1):
A mobile platform comprising:\n a chassis comprising a first end, a second end distal the first end, and opposite sides extending therebetween; a pair of suspension devices located on the opposite sides, each comprising:\n a respective rocker beam, pivotally connected to a respective side, and extending from about a centre of the chassis to about the first end, and being one of a pair of rocker beams; \n a respective central wheel connected to the rocker beam at about the centre, and being one of a pair of central wheels; and, \n a respective first end wheel connected to the rocker beam at about the first end, and being one of a pair of first end wheels; and, \n one or more second end wheels located at the second end, each of the pair of rocker beams configured to rotate between at least: a first position, the pair of central wheels extending outwards from a bottom portion of the chassis in the first position, such that the chassis rolls using at least the pair of central wheels; and, a second position, the pair of central wheels retracting towards the bottom portion in the second position, such that the chassis rolls using the pair of first end wheels, and the one or more second end wheels without the pair of central wheels; a drive system configured to drive the pair of central wheels; one or more sensors positioned to sense one or more of force, a strain, and a rotation of one or more of the pair of suspension devices; one or more load cells configured to sense a load on the chassis; and, a control device in communication with the one or more sensors and the one or more load cells, the control device configured to adjust operation of the drive system according to data received from the one or more sensors and the one or more load cells.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.92683
- Patent Class: 180.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15257233', '11593353', '14430287', '12861406', '10614739']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7091709580746771
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5250466542514376
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6907585276923531
- Mean Citation Score: 191.946418
- Max Citation Score: 343.82632
- Similarity Product: 333.8605265290308

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