PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15979765
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["348", "360000"]

Abstract:
Various embodiments include an interlock arrangement that may be used to attach a lens barrel to a lens carrier of a camera. In some embodiments, the interlock arrangement may restrict movement of the lens barrel relative to the lens carrier along at least an optical axis. In various examples, the interlock arrangement may include one or more grooves and one or more protrusions. For instance, a groove may be defined by the lens barrel or the lens carrier, and a protrusion may extend from the lens barrel or the lens carrier to at least partially into the groove. In some cases, the interlock arrangement may include an adhesive that at least partially fills gaps within the interlock arrangement between the lens barrel and the lens carrier. According to some embodiments, the interlock arrangement may include one or more recesses that provide inlets for the adhesive to be introduced to the gaps within the interlock arrangement.

Claim (Index 16):
A method of assembling a camera module having an interlock arrangement, the method comprising:\n inserting a lens barrel at least partially into a lens carrier such that a protrusion of the interlock arrangement extends from the lens barrel or the lens carrier to at least partially into a first portion of a groove of the interlock arrangement, wherein the groove is defined by the lens barrel or the lens carrier; rotating the lens barrel about an optical axis defined by one or more lens elements held by the lens barrel, such that the protrusion extends at least partially into a second portion of the groove; and dispensing an adhesive into a recess, that provides an inlet for the adhesive to be introduced to the interlock arrangement, such that the adhesive travels to at least partially fill gaps within the interlock arrangement between the lens barrel and the lens carrier.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 12.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.7377
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13101510', '12015228', '15762967', '13470098', '15743217']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6266382315138033
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4795501544954451
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6119294238119675
- Mean Citation Score: 205.79838400000003
- Max Citation Score: 218.51169
- Similarity Product: 173.8373372012365

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

Dataset: test