PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15948960
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["126", "606000"]

Abstract:
In an example, the present invention provides a solar tracker apparatus. In an example, the apparatus comprises a center of mass with an adjustable hanger assembly configured with a clam shell clamp assembly on the adjustable hanger assembly and a cylindrical torque tube comprising a plurality of torque tubes configured together in a continuous length from a first end to a second end such that the center of mass is aligned with a center of rotation of the cylindrical torque tubes to reduce a load of a drive motor operably coupled to the cylindrical torque tube. Further details of the present example, among others, can be found throughout the present specification and more particularly below.

Claim (Index 15):
The apparatus of  claim 13  further comprising a crank; wherein the crank comprises a first crank coupled to a first side of the drive device and a second crank coupled to a second side of the drive device; the first crank comprising a first flange connected to the first side of the drive device, and the second crank comprising a second flange connected to the second side of the drive device, the first crank further comprising a first arm coupled to a first cylinder swage fitted to a first end of the continuous torque tube, the second crank comprising a second arm coupled to a second cylinder swage fitted to a second end of the continuous torque tube; wherein the continuous torque tube is off-set from an axis of the drive device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.87692
- Patent Class: 126.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15261681', '15656974', '14184656', '14101273', '14489416']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8771817130938669
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.554625768187257
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.844926118603206
- Mean Citation Score: 410.54703200000006
- Max Citation Score: 423.25183
- Similarity Product: 414.7769121850967

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