PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15764834
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["290", "054000"]

Abstract:
An energy harvesting system ( 100 ) for harvesting energy from vehicles travelling on a road ( 102 ). The system ( 100 ) includes a plurality of flexible hoses ( 104 ) which are embedded in a road overlay ( 106 ). Each hose ( 104 ) holds a hydraulic fluid, e.g. water, such that, when a vehicle wheel ( 108 ) passes over the hose ( 104 ), the fluid is displaced. The system ( 100 ) further comprises a plurality of double-acting hydraulic fluid cylinders ( 109 ) which are in fluid flow communication with the fluid in the hoses ( 104 ) and are configured to convert pressure applied to the fluid into rotary motion which drives an electrical generator. One hose is connected to each end of the cylinder ( 109 ) to drive it in opposite directions to induce linear reciprocating motion which is converted to rotary motion by way of a mechanical drivetrain. Due to the double action, it drives at least two drive shafts simultaneously.

Claim (Index 28):
A method of harvesting energy from a road, the method including:\n embedding a plurality of tubular members, each having an energy transfer fluid contained within it, within the road or within an overlay placed over the road such that the tubular members are arranged transverse to a direction of travel on the road; subjecting the tubular members to a pressure force exerted by a vehicle wheel passing over the road such that the energy transfer fluid within the tubular member is pressurised or displaced by the pressure force; and converting pressure applied to the energy transfer fluid into electrical power using at least one double-acting fluid cylinder which is in fluid flow communication with the energy transfer fluid in the tubular members such that the energy transfer fluid within the tubular members is configured to drive the fluid cylinder in opposite directions to induce reciprocating motion of the cylinder and which is drivingly connected, by way of a mechanical drivetrain, to a pair of drive shafts, each of which is connected to an electrical generator.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.96809
- Patent Class: 290.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14618018', '13919439', '13508347', '14088839', '15131794']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6141621019200711
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4852342617162311
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6012693178996872
- Mean Citation Score: 165.83203
- Max Citation Score: 171.25703
- Similarity Product: 115.7353623267335

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

Dataset: test