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 1):
A test apparatus for testing a sensorless check device of an actuator, wherein 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 comprising:\n 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; wherein the adjustment and testing mechanism is arranged to:\n compress the piston spring and apply a load via the piston to the actuator surface to move the actuator surface so that the position of the piston at the start of the movement of the actuator surface can be recorded in order to establish a reference position, \n depress the check device pin via the piston and actuator surface to simulate use of the check device, allow the check device pin to return toward the reference position being urged by its elastic return mechanism, and \n indicate when the check device pin reaches a final position after being released by indicating when the actuator surface is no longer applying a force to the piston, \n such that the final position of the check device pin can be compared to the reference 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): 0.6480939521800355
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5155207375523534
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6348366307172673
- Mean Citation Score: 197.576236
- Max Citation Score: 263.01825
- Similarity Product: 166.10784692046047

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

Dataset: test