PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15863757
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["318", "003000"]

Abstract:
An electronic torque limit switch, limiting excess torque in a valve actuator, and/or optimizing the actuation of a valve having a motor configured for driving a valve between an open direction and a closed direction. A threshold current of the motor is set. An ongoing current of the motor is monitored. The ongoing current is compared to the threshold current. Power to the motor may be disconnected when the ongoing current exceeds the threshold current. Conjunctively or disjunctively an initial threshold torque for the valve is set. A number of operational cycles of the valve are monitored. And, the threshold of torque is adjusted to another threshold of torque via correlating the number of operational cycles of the valve to a known database of torque characteristics for the valve.

Claim (Index 9):
A method for limiting excess torque in a valve actuator having a motor configured for driving a valve between an open direction and a closed direction, comprising the steps of\n setting a threshold current of the motor; monitoring an ongoing current of the motor; comparing the ongoing current and the threshold current; and disconnecting power to the motor when the ongoing current exceeds the threshold current.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.29508
- Patent Class: 318.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14620958', '12992798', '14819581', '13054704', '14935354']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6057548995395745
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4552421007849722
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5907036196641142
- Mean Citation Score: 150.73730799999996
- Max Citation Score: 156.60602
- Similarity Product: 134.51870406985282

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