PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16236600
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["290", "00100C"]

Abstract:
Computer-processor controlled energy harvester system. The system uses a plurality of oscillating weight type energy collectors, each configured to store the energy from changes in the system's ambient motion as stored mechanical energy, often in a compressed spring. The energy collectors are configured to move between a first position where the energy collector stores energy, to a second position where the energy collectors release stored energy to a geared electrical generator shaft, thus producing electrical energy, often stored in a battery. A plurality of processor controlled electronic actuators, usually one per energy collector, control when each energy collector stores and releases energy. The processor can use accelerometer sensors, battery charge sensors, and suitable software and firmware to optimize system function. The system can use the energy for various useful purposes, including sensor monitoring, data acquisition, wireless communications, and the like, and can also receive supplemental power from other sources.

Claim (Index 1):
An energy harvester system comprising:\n a computer processor; at least one electrical generator comprising at least one moveable generator gear; at least one support base; at least one energy collector movably connected to said support base, each at least one energy collector configured to, in a first position, store ambient motion energy along at least one direction of ambient motion as stored mechanical energy, and in a second position to release said stored mechanical energy to at least one moveable generator gear; wherein said each of said at least one energy collector further comprises: an energy collector base attached to a surface of said support base; a central axial member attached to said energy collector base; a pendulum member rotatably connected to said central axial member, said pendulum member actuated by ambient motion and rotated in one of a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction; a geared case encircling said central axial member, rigidly attached to said pendulum member, and running along a base groove configured in said energy collector base, said geared case comprising a plurality of gear tooth elements positioned on an outer surface of said geared case, said geared case configured to rotate along said base groove; and a spring element winding around said central axial member within said geared case, said spring element comprising a first end fixedly attached to said central axial member and a second end fixedly attached to an inner surface of said geared case, wherein said spring element is compressed by rotation of said pendulum member and stores said ambient motion energy as a compressed spring element, and wherein said compressed spring element is configured to release said stored ambient motion energy to rotate said geared case; at least one electronic actuator and associated actuator cam attached to said support base, said at least one electronic actuator configured to provide actuator force response to control signals from said computer processor, thus moving said actuator cam and providing cam force; wherein said at least one energy collector is configured so that upon receiving said cam force, said at least one energy collector moves from said first position to a second position that is coupled to said at least one moveable generator gear, thus releasing stored mechanical energy to said at least one moveable generator gear, and rotating said at least one moveable generator gear; wherein said at least one electrical generator is configured to convert rotation of said at least one moveable generator gear into electrical energy; wherein each said at least one electronic actuator comprises a moving actuator component configured, upon response to control signals from said computer processor, to at least incrementally move said actuator cam towards a position that generates said cam force; further comprising a battery configured to receive electrical energy from said electrical generator, and a battery charge sensor; further comprising at least one accelerometer sensor, wherein said computer processor is configured to use said accelerometer sensor to compute an amount of stored ambient motion energy stored in at least one of said energy collectors, and to use said amount of stored ambient motion energy to control an operation of said at least one electronic actuator wherein said computer processor and said actuator cam is configured so that when a battery charge of said battery is below a preset threshold, said computer processor is configured to operate said electronic actuator to sequentially and continually engage a plurality of said at least one energy collector until said battery charge is above said preset threshold.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 13.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.91011
- Patent Class: 290.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16153779', '15164879', '15164875', '13087653', '14875070']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.600654451893151
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5708375974951537
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5976727664533513
- Mean Citation Score: 264.13266000000004
- Max Citation Score: 459.47455
- Similarity Product: 410.82164990791085

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

Dataset: test