PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15745386
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["701", "049000"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for monitoring the pressure in a device for the pneumatic adjustment of a seat in a transportation means, in particular in a motor vehicle. The device comprises a plurality of cushions ( 101, 102, . . . , 105 ) which are able to be filled with air and which are connected via respective valves ( 201, 202, . . . , 205 ) to a common preliminary pressure volume ( 3 ), wherein a pressure sensor ( 4 ) is provided for measuring the pressure (p) in the preliminary pressure volume ( 3 ) and the preliminary pressure volume ( 3 ) is coupled to a compressor ( 6 ) for supplying compressed air without a non-return valve being connected therebetween. For the purpose of monitoring the pressure in a respective cushion ( 101, 102, . . . , 105 ), a predefined pressure is set in the preliminary pressure volume by way of operation of the compressor ( 6 ) and/or by way of air discharge from the preliminary pressure volume ( 3 ) via at least one leak, with the valve ( 201, 202, . . . , 205 ) between the respective cushion ( 101, 102, . . . , 105 ) and the preliminary pressure volume ( 3 ) closed, wherein the predefined pressure deviates from a target pressure (p 1,  p 2,  . . . , p 5 ) in the respective cushion ( 101, 102, . . . , 105 ) by at most 10% of the target pressure and/or at most 50 hPa. After the setting of the predefined pressure, the valve ( 101, 102, . . . , 105 ) between the respective cushion ( 101, 102, . . . , 105 ) and the preliminary pressure volume ( 3 ) is opened and the pressure in the preliminary pressure volume ( 3 ) is measured via the pressure sensor ( 4 ). If the measured pressure (p) deviates from the target pressure (p 1,  p 2,  . . . , p 5 ), the measured pressure (p) is set to the target pressure (p 1,  p 2,  . . . , p 5 ) by way of operation of the compressor ( 6 ) and/or by way of air discharge from the preliminary pressure volume ( 3 ) via the at least one leak.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for monitoring the pressure in a device for the pneumatic adjustment of a seat in a transportation means, wherein the device comprises a plurality of cushions configured to be filled with air and coupled via respective valves to a common preliminary pressure volume, wherein a pressure sensor is provided for measuring the pressure in the preliminary pressure volume and the preliminary pressure volume is coupled to a compressor for supplying compressed air without a non-return valve being connected therebetween, the method comprising the following steps:\n a) setting a predefined pressure in the preliminary pressure volume fusing at least one of the operation of the compressor and air discharge from the preliminary pressure volume via at least one leak, with the valve between the respective cushion and the preliminary pressure volume closed, wherein the predefined pressure deviates from a target pressure in the respective cushion by at most at least one of 10% of the target pressure and 50 hPa; b) after setting of the predefined pressure, opening the valve between the respective cushion and the preliminary pressure volume and measuring the pressure in the preliminary pressure volume via the pressure sensor; c) if the measured pressure deviates from the target pressure, setting the measured pressure to the target pressure by at least one of the operation of the compressor and air discharge from the preliminary pressure volume via the at least one leak.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 34.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 4.48485
- Patent Class: 701.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14385314', '13505076', '15749454', '14019089', '14416432']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.3763096850982241
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4686349774525142
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.3855422143336531
- Mean Citation Score: 148.135788
- Max Citation Score: 157.13725
- Similarity Product: 118.7443851144612

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

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