PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15889658
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["362", "546000"]

Abstract:
An optical module, used for lighting and/or signalling purposes for a motor vehicle, includes a support delimiting a compartment for receiving a functional component such as a fan. A clamping element, preferably produced as a single part, can be used to block an opening of the compartment and lock the component in its operational position. The clamping element, separate from the support and provided with two arms, is engaged and clipped on against at least one engaging protrusion formed laterally on the support in order to achieve the locking. An elastic return effect of at least one of the two arms allows the clamping element to be engaged at the rear of the protrusion and held in place. For unlocking, a flexible actuation portion formed in the clamping element can be actuated in order to move one of the two arms outwards and allow unclipping to take place.

Claim (Index 1):
Optical module for a motor vehicle, comprising:\n a support that delimits a compartment that is accessible through an opening, a functional component, preferably electrically powered, designed and arranged to be housed in the compartment in an operational configuration of the functional component, by insertion through the opening in a general insertion direction, wherein the device comprises: a clamping element, separate from the support and provided with two arms; and at least one engaging protrusion, that is stationary relative to the support and preferably formed directly on the support, and on which the clamping element is held in engagement by an elastic return effect of at least one of the two arms, said at least one engaging protrusion allowing the clamping element to be clipped on, holding it in a clipped-on position adjacent to the support, wherein the clamping element is designed and arranged, when clipped on, to retain and lock the functional component in the operational configuration, the clamping element having a flexible actuation portion for moving one of the two arms outwards and allowing the clamping element to be unclipped in a spaced-apart configuration.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 48.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.88235
- Patent Class: 362.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14789125', '14929632', '14437053', '11347465', '12372033']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8190325131969134
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4612146678663346
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7832507286638555
- Mean Citation Score: 127.75820399999998
- Max Citation Score: 138.66852
- Similarity Product: 99.26825636715888

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

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