PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15977546
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["137", "487500"]

Abstract:
A fluid control device connectable to a fluid pipe includes an electric motor mechanically connected to a fluid valve configured to open and close the fluid valve. A manual motor disengagement knob is at least partially accessible to a user and mechanically connected to the fluid valve. The knob is configured to manually disengage the mechanical connection between the electric motor and the fluid valve while still engaging the fluid valve allowing the user to manually close or open the fluid valve without the assistance or interference of the electric motor. This is accomplished by a manual over-ride primary shaft translatably connected to a clutch shaft and in turn to the fluid valve, where the shaft in a first position is mechanically connected to the electric motor and in a second position the shaft is not mechanically connected to the electric motor.

Claim (Index 1):
A fluid control device connectable in series to a fluid pipe, the fluid control device comprising:\n a main valve body including a fluid inlet in fluidic communication with a fluid outlet and configured to be connectable in series to the fluid pipe; a fluid valve disposed in series within the main valve body separating the fluid inlet and fluid outlet, the fluid valve controlling a fluid flow through the main valve body, wherein the fluid valve is a ball valve; an electric motor mechanically connected to the fluid valve, the electric motor configured to open and close the fluid valve; a temperature sensor coupled to the main valve body monitoring a temperature of the fluid flow within the main valve body; a pressure sensor coupled to the main valve body monitoring a pressure of the fluid flow within the main valve body; a flow rate sensor coupled to the main valve body monitoring a flow rate of the fluid flow within the main valve body; a fluid control device processor in electrical communication with the electric motor, the temperature sensor, the pressure sensor and the flow sensor; a fluid control device input/output port in electrical communication with the fluid control device processor, the fluid control device input/output port configured to be in electrical communication with a fluid monitoring and control system; and a manual over-ride control mechanism mechanically connected to the fluid valve and accessible by a user, wherein the manual over-ride control mechanism is configured to manually disengage the mechanical connection between the electric motor and the fluid valve while still engaging the fluid valve, thereby allowing the user to manually close or open the fluid valve without the assistance or interference of the electric motor.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.40984
- Patent Class: 137.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12948466', '14549863', '10886357', '14559974', '13276661']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8367192123550973
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4655224701044276
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7995995381300304
- Mean Citation Score: 207.907496
- Max Citation Score: 211.57706
- Similarity Product: 165.12345979838727

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