PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16032307
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["294", "196000"]

Abstract:
A robotic gripper for grasping a target object includes a linear actuator and a gripping assembly. The gripping assembly is coupled to the linear actuator and includes a plurality of fingers that are positioned to selectively grasp and release the target object. The linear actuator includes an air cylinder and a linearly movable rod that reciprocates within the air cylinder between a retracted position and an extended position. The gripping assembly includes a finger holder and a finger closer. The fingers are affixed to the finger holder and extend from the finger holder through openings formed in the finger closer. The finger closer is coupled to the linearly movable rod which reciprocatingly drives the finger closer over the fingers to adjust the fingers between a first position in which the fingers grasp the target object and a second position in which the fingers release the target object.

Claim (Index 3):
A robotic gripper as defined by  claim 2 , wherein the gripping assembly further includes:\n a finger holder mechanically coupled to the fluid cylinder in proximity to the second axial end thereof, wherein the first axial ends of the plurality of fingers are affixed to the finger holder; and a finger closer, the finger closer being mechanically coupled to the second axial end of the linearly movable rod, the finger closer including a main body portion having a first axial end, a second axial end disposed opposite the first axial end and a plurality of openings formed axially through the thickness thereof; wherein the fingers extend from the finger holder through respective openings formed in the main body of the finger closer; wherein the finger closer is reciprocatingly slidable on the plurality of fingers extending through the openings formed therein; wherein the axial movement of the linearly movable rod and finger closer mechanically coupled thereto from the retracted position to the extended position biases the second axial ends of the fingers inwardly towards the target object; and wherein the axial movement of the linearly movable rod and finger closer mechanically coupled thereto from the extended position to the retracted position causes the second axial ends of the fingers to outwardly expand away from the target object.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 23.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.63793
- Patent Class: 294.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15287303', '14717586', '15049815', '13427770', '14833904']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7513450928850373
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4651955829795142
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7227301418944849
- Mean Citation Score: 192.05118
- Max Citation Score: 200.47845
- Similarity Product: 167.40836793772283

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

Dataset: test