PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15863757
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["318", "003000"]

Abstract:
An electronic torque limit switch, limiting excess torque in a valve actuator, and/or optimizing the actuation of a valve having a motor configured for driving a valve between an open direction and a closed direction. A threshold current of the motor is set. An ongoing current of the motor is monitored. The ongoing current is compared to the threshold current. Power to the motor may be disconnected when the ongoing current exceeds the threshold current. Conjunctively or disjunctively an initial threshold torque for the valve is set. A number of operational cycles of the valve are monitored. And, the threshold of torque is adjusted to another threshold of torque via correlating the number of operational cycles of the valve to a known database of torque characteristics for the valve.

Claim (Index 13):
The method according to  claim 11 , wherein the step of setting the threshold current of the motor comprises the steps of\n monitoring data related to the valve or the valve actuator; recording a current as the threshold current which maintains an output torque for optimal function of the valve or the valve actuator.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.29508
- Patent Class: 318.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14620958', '12992798', '14819581', '13054704', '14935354']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6322644644443156
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4635435331651038
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6153923713163945
- Mean Citation Score: 150.73730799999996
- Max Citation Score: 156.60602
- Similarity Product: 128.84617045354963

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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