PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15923271
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["315", "111410"]

Abstract:
In an embodiment of the invention there is a cyclotronic actuator. The actuator is defined by having a high-voltage plasma driver connected to a first electrode. The first electrode is surrounded by a dielectric material. A second electrode is grounded and placed away from the first electrode, such that a plasma arc is formed between the pair of electrodes when the high-voltage plasma driver is activated. A ring magnet surrounding the second electrode is configured to introduce a magnetic field locally to the plasma arc. The plasma arc will then discharge in a radial direction. The magnet creates a local magnetic field oriented vertically in a direction parallel to the axisymmetric orientation of the first and second electrodes to create a Lorentz Force. The force causes the plasma arc to move in a tangential direction and causes the plasma arc to discharge out in a circular pattern.

Claim (Index 8):
A plasma assisted combustion system comprising:\n a cyclotronic actuator having:\n a high-voltage plasma driver; \n a ring magnet having an inner diameter and an outer circumference; \n a pair of coaxial electrodes connected to the high-voltage plasma driver, and positioned within the inner diameter of the ring magnet, and having a dielectric material separating the coaxial electrodes from one another, wherein a plasma arc is formed between the pair of coaxial electrodes when the high-voltage plasma driver is activated and wherein the ring magnet being positioned to introduce a magnetic field locally to the plasma arc, such that the plasma arc discharges in a radial direction and a local magnetic field is oriented vertically in a direction parallel to the axisymmetric orientation of the first and second electrodes to create a Lorentz Force to cause the plasma arc to move in a tangential direction and to cause the plasma arc to discharge out in a circular pattern, whereby three-dimensional, streamwise-oriented vortical structures are produced by the moving plasma arc; and \n a fuel/air injection port positioned within the dielectric material and configured to introduce fuel/air into the plasma arc for ignition by the moving plasma arc.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.10811
- Patent Class: 315.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13702286', '12020019', '15662040', '12747112', '10932325']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6630032830301607
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4817909683786879
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6448820515650134
- Mean Citation Score: 189.715338
- Max Citation Score: 204.85983
- Similarity Product: 168.7053256433201

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

Dataset: test