PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16418389
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-05
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["251", "129060"]

Abstract:
A compact unitized mechanical linkage, which can be handled as a single piece within a valve top works, transmits force and motion of a piezoelectric actuator stack to a moveable element in a control valve. The linkage has few parts and all may be made at low cost.

Claim (Index 22):
A linkage assembly configured to operatively couple an expanding valve actuator and a movable element of a valve housing of a valve, the linkage assembly comprising:\n a thrust plate having a thrust plate body and including three thru-slots defined in the thrust plate body and that extend axially through the thrust plate body; a lifting housing to engage the expanding valve actuator, the lifting housing including three prongs each depending from the lifting housing and extending through a respective one of the three thru-slots; a guide disc attached to the thrust plate body by two first rivets and attached to the lifting housing by two second rivets to center an upper end of the thrust plate body within the lifting housing and to provide angular indexing between the prongs and the thru-slots; and a lifting element secured to the three prongs, the lifting element securable to the movable element.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 42.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.2381
- Patent Class: 251.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16196673', '14477573', '14445432', '16178247', '14188584']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6693248833896723
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5577831249761691
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.658170707548322
- Mean Citation Score: 210.7236
- Max Citation Score: 455.73706
- Similarity Product: 417.3504334759414

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