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 10):
An adaptive, dynamic system for reducing drag and generating power in a transport vehicle comprising:\n a cover component comprising a substantially planar photovoltaic array and a dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuator array; said cover component being disposed at a location where a separation layer can form and said plasma actuator array being 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 plasma actuator array having terminals for being interconnected through an electrical system of said transport vehicle; a flow sensor positioned to respond to conditions for boundary layer separation at a trailing edge 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): 0.764617227425964
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4381546573462579
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7319709704179934
- Mean Citation Score: 177.050514
- Max Citation Score: 179.16338000000005
- Similarity Product: 151.39827256308084

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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