PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15910952
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["248", "228100"]

Abstract:
A clamp assembly is provided for securing a panel or fairing to an I-beam, and comprises a pair of side blocks and a clamping block, together with a single bolt to secure them in place. Each of the side blocks as an inclined wedge surface, and the T-shaped clamping block has similarly sloped wedge surfaces along the sides of the leg of the T. When a bolt this passed through side legs of the side blocks, and through or under the clamping block, a sliding and wedging action between the inclined and sloped wedge surfaces occurs. Moreover, a clamping action between the top surface of the clamping block and the lower surface of the lower flanges of the I-beam is also induced.

Claim (Index 41):
A strut assembly for attaching a fairing panel to a trailer to improve the aerodynamic properties of the trailer, the assembly comprising:\n a clamp sub-assembly, the clamp sub-assembly including first and second opposed clamping jaws and a clamping block, the clamping block having a first end, a second end and an intermediate portion connecting the first end to the second end and interposed between the first and second clamping jaws, the first clamping block end having a panel-mounting surface extending beyond the lateral sides of the intermediate portion adapted to abut the fairing panel proximate to the upper edge of the fairing panel, the clamping block further including a top portion with stop surfaces formed therein to align the clamping block relative to the trailer, the clamping jaws disposed in opposed relation relative to an I-beam of the trailer and being adapted to move the clamping block toward the I-beam of the trailer until the clamping block top portion is disposed in close spaced relation relative to the I-beam when a closing force is applied to the clamping jaws; and a strut, the strut having a first end portion joined to the second end of the clamping block, a second end portion having a panel-mounting surface connecting to the fairing panel at a location spaced from the first end of the clamping block; wherein the clamping block provides a fixed relative positioning between the trailer, the fairing panel and the first end portion of the strut when the clamp sub-assembly is secured to the I-beam and the fairing panel is secured to the clamping block first end.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 14.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.04688
- Patent Class: 248.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15340039', '14083472', '13342270', '15298200', '11289015']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8329998072920594
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5374107063389975
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8034408971967532
- Mean Citation Score: 345.87907399999995
- Max Citation Score: 391.3236
- Similarity Product: 304.0122348795892

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

Dataset: test