PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15748792
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["136", "246000"]

Abstract:
A solar concentrator may have a horizontal circular track on the ground, a tower centered on a vertical axis of the track, and a rotatable structure around the track having an upper, concave mounting surface approximating the shape of part of a sphere centered on the top of the tower. Articulated concave mirrors are attached to the rotatable structure, and the mirrors have a focal length approximately equal to the radius of a sphere portion formed by the concave mounting surface. Sunlight is focused at a receiver mounted atop the tower, and the receiver may convert sunlight into thermal or electrical energy. As the position of the Sun changes, sunlight is maintained on the receiver by turning the rotatable structure toward the Sun, turning the receiver about said vertical axis to face the mirrors, and articulating the mirrors toward the receiver in response to the changing elevation of the Sun.

Claim (Index 1):
A solar concentrator comprising:\n a horizontal circular track; a tower centered on a vertical axis of said track; a movable mirror support structure, rotatable around said track and having an upper, concave mounting surface configured substantially in a shape of part of a sphere centered on a focal point wherein said focal point is located coincident with a point on said tower; a plurality of articulated concave mirrors mounted on said concave mounting surface of said movable mirror support structure, said mirrors having a focal length substantially equal to a radius of said sphere; and a receiver mounted on the tower at said focal point, said receiver being rotatable about said vertical axis and operative to convert concentrated sunlight into thermal or electrical energy; wherein sunlight is focused onto said receiver by said mirrors throughout a day by rotating said movable mirror support structure around said track to face the sun, by turning said receiver to face said movable mirror support structure, and by articulating said mirrors in response to changing solar elevation.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.13158
- Patent Class: 136.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12424393', '13215177', '13202984', '13498442', '12798847']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7902748634750119
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4885580842757847
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7601031855550893
- Mean Citation Score: 231.677412
- Max Citation Score: 240.8729
- Similarity Product: 190.8131868399977

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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