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 11):
A testing apparatus as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the testing apparatus includes:\n a mounting part in the form of a mounting sleeve with a coupling mechanism for securely anchoring the testing apparatus to the casing; an inner sleeve that is held for sliding movement relative to the mounting sleeve, wherein the inner sleeve holds and guides motion of the piston, holds the piston spring such that the piston spring can be compressed between the piston and the inner sleeve, and includes a shoulder for engaging with and pushing the piston; an adjustment part in the form of an adjustment nut moveably attached to the mounting sleeve; and a testing part in the form of a testing nut moveably attached to the adjustment nut; wherein movement of the adjustment nut will bring the testing nut into contact with the inner sleeve to load the piston spring and bring the shoulder of the inner sleeve into engagement with the piston; wherein subsequent movement of the testing nut will move the piston to thereby move the actuator surface in order to allow for the check device pin to be depressed; and wherein the piston is provided with an alignment marking for alignment with the testing nut in order to determine the reference position and the final position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.16667
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15088262', '15080791', '15225515', '13380121', '14601695']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6779254321344933
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.500190024953231
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6601518914163671
- Mean Citation Score: 197.576236
- Max Citation Score: 263.01825
- Similarity Product: 220.9303848126233

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