PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15901325
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["060", "324000"]

Abstract:
A modular valve unit for controlling the flow rate of an intake or exhaust gas of a combustion engine through the passage of a valve, the valve unit comprising a valve having a valve housing ( 1 ) and at least one valve flap ( 2 ). The valve unit further comprises an interface ( 3 ) and an adapter ( 6 ), the interface ( 3 ) being connected to the valve housing ( 1 ) and having a support ( 32 ) and an engagement portion comprising at least two engagement legs ( 31 ) projecting from the distal end of the support ( 32 ) and being directed away from the valve housing ( 1 ). The adapter ( 6 ) has a connection plate ( 62 ) having at least two engagement orifices ( 61 ) for receiving the engagement legs ( 31 ) of the interface ( 3 ) and a mounting portion for holding an actuator ( 7 ). The at least two engagement orifices ( 61 ) of the connection plate ( 62 ) of the adapter ( 6 ) are each configured to engage the corresponding at least two engagement legs ( 31 ) of the engagement portion of the interface ( 3 ).

Claim (Index 7):
Valve unit according to  claim 1 , wherein the interface is added onto the valve housing by additive manufacturing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.9863
- Patent Class: 60.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15217204', '12881997', '15252448', '11015449', '10987647']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6842320332340972
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4666226722796954
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.662471097138657
- Mean Citation Score: 143.34176200000005
- Max Citation Score: 150.13458
- Similarity Product: 109.92661053323508

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test