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 43):
A strut assembly for attaching a fairing panel to an I-beam of a trailer to improve the aerodynamic properties of the trailer, the I-beam having a pair of opposed flanges, the assembly comprising:\n a clamp sub-assembly, the clamp sub-assembly including first and second clamping jaws in opposing relationship to each other and a clamping block, the first and second clamping jaws adapted to respectively engage the opposed flanges of the I-beam, the clamping block having a first end, a second end, and an intermediate block portion connecting the first end to the second end and interposed between the first and second clamping jaws, the first end having a panel-mounting surface extending laterally beyond sides of the intermediate block portion and defining openings adapted to receive fasteners to secure the fairing panel proximate to the upper edge of the fairing panel, the first and second clamping jaws adapted to move the clamping block toward the I-beam of the trailer when a closing force, applied in a direction perpendicular to a direction of relative movement between the clamping block and the I-beam, is applied to the first and clamping jaws so that the first and second clamping jaws are moved toward each other with the opposed flanges of the I-beam interposed therebetween and a clamped arrangement is provided between the intermediate block portion and the I-beam; and a strut, the strut having a first end portion joined to the second end of the clamping block and a second end portion adapted to secure to the fairing panel at a location spaced from the clamping block.

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): 0.8327511566792634
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5378654992855819
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8032625909398952
- Mean Citation Score: 345.87907399999995
- Max Citation Score: 391.3236
- Similarity Product: 315.88091729779245

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

Dataset: test