PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16271326
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["363", "056050"]

Abstract:
An inductive load control device includes: an electric path configured to connect an external DC power supply and an inductive load drive unit; an opening and closing unit configured to connect or disconnect the electric path; a voltage detection unit configured to detect a voltage difference between ends of the opening and closing unit; and a failure detection unit configured to detect a failure of the opening and closing unit. The opening and closing unit includes: series-connected first and second switching elements; and a diode connected in series with the first switching element and in parallel with the second switching element such that an anode of the diode is disposed in a direction of the DC power supply. The failure detection unit is configured to detect that the second switching element is in a non-conduction failure, based on the voltage difference.

Claim (Index 2):
An inductive load control device comprising:\n a power supply terminal connected to an external DC power supply; an inductive load drive unit configured to supply a current to an inductive load and drive the inductive load; an electric path configured to connect the power supply terminal and the inductive load drive unit; an electric path opening and closing unit which is provided in the electric path and is configured to connect or disconnect the electric path; an electric path control unit configured to control opening and closing of the electric path opening and closing unit; a voltage detection unit configured to detect a voltage difference between a first voltage that is a voltage between the electric path opening and closing unit and the power supply terminal and a second voltage that is a voltage between the electric path opening and closing unit and the inductive load drive unit; and a failure detection unit configured to detect a failure of the electric path opening and closing unit, wherein the electric path opening and closing unit comprises:\n a first switching element; \n a second switching element connected in series with the first switching element; and \n a diode connected in series with the first switching element and connected in parallel with the second switching element such that an anode of the diode is disposed in a direction of the power supply terminal, and \n wherein the failure detection unit is configured to detect that the second switching element is in a non-conduction failure, based on the voltage difference.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 16.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.55932
- Patent Class: 363.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13595375', '11025134', '11402129', '15441382', '10973257']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.810798494390048
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4786369274855665
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7775823376995998
- Mean Citation Score: 205.8732
- Max Citation Score: 212.90508
- Similarity Product: 163.67236905448436

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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