PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16175396
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["296", "180100"]

Abstract:
An apparatus and system provide drag reduction and energy efficiency for a transport vehicle. Cover sections of transport vehicles are formed to include solar panels comprising photovoltaic cells and dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuator arrays. The vehicle cover al so generates electricity to charge onboard battery racks. The cover sections are integral with and shaped to conform with areas such as a trunk lid or roof. Fiber Bragg grating sensors are placed to detect formation of a separation layer. Plasma actuator arrays are actuated either to inhibit formation of the separation layer or to create span-wise waves to reduce skin drag.

Claim (Index 1):
Apparatus for reducing drag in a transport vehicle comprising:\n a cover component formed to be integral with an exterior surface section of said transport vehicle; at least one photovoltaic array formed in said cover component disposed in registration with an area of said exterior surface; a first dielectric discharge barrier plasma actuator positioned in said cover component for providing a plasma jet over the exterior surface of said transport vehicle when actuated; said photovoltaic array and said dielectric discharge barrier plasma actuator having terminals for being interconnected through an electrical system of said transport vehicle; and a switching circuit and a sensor for actuating said dielectric discharge barrier plasma actuator in response to a preselected set of conditions.)

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.46575
- Patent Class: 296.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13016691', '13570684', '11710750', '13094872', '11934272']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7615492461687364
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4543487054040051
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7308291920922633
- Mean Citation Score: 177.050514
- Max Citation Score: 179.16338000000005
- Similarity Product: 131.79459969642284

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

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