PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15886702
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["073", "629000"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for measuring a preload of a fastener. The method, which may be practiced at least in part by the apparatus, includes establishing an initial value associated with an absence of the preload of the fastener and providing an adapter and a transducer rotatably coupled to the adapter. The transducer may be positioned in contact with the fastener. The transducer is caused to direct an incident ultrasonic wave to the fastener and to receive a reflected ultrasonic wave from the fastener. Data associated with the incident ultrasonic wave and the reflected sonic wave is used to generate a modified value associated with the preload of the fastener, and the preload of the fastener is calculated based on a difference between the initial value and the modified value.

Claim (Index 1):
A method of measuring a preload of a fastener, the method comprising:\n establishing an initial value, associated with an absence of the preload of the fastener; providing an adapter and a transducer, and wherein the transducer is rotatably coupled to the adapter; positioning the transducer in contact with the fastener; causing the transducer to direct an incident ultrasonic wave to the fastener; causing the transducer to receive a reflected ultrasonic wave from the fastener; using data, associated with the incident ultrasonic wave and the reflected ultrasonic wave, to generate a modified value, associated with the preload of the fastener; and calculating the preload of the fastener based on a difference between the initial value and the modified value.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.37931
- Patent Class: 73.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14204311', '12536438', '13897621', '12582885', '12492926']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6707962852657444
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.489267999945119
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6526434567336818
- Mean Citation Score: 151.794578
- Max Citation Score: 225.21252
- Similarity Product: 165.20610995833397

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

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