PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15767724
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["345", "173000"]

Abstract:
The invention relates to an actuator ( 7 ) which comprises: a frame ( 11 ) intended for being in contact with the tactile interface via a contact wall ( 13 ) so as to transmit haptic feedback to the tactile surface; a stator ( 15 ) connected to the frame ( 11 ); a movable core ( 19 ) connected via at least one resilient element to the frame ( 11 ) and intended for being moved by the stator ( 15 ) so as to generate the haptic feedback; an electromagnet ( 17 ) and at least one permanent magnet ( 20 ), one of which is supported by the stator and the other by the movable core ( 19 ). The actuator ( 7 ) also comprises a shock absorber ( 23 ) arranged between the movable core ( 19 ) and the contact wall ( 13 ), and said resilient element is sized so that, when the electromagnet is not powered, the movable core ( 19 ) applies a bearing force towards the contact wall ( 13 ) and, when the electromagnet is powered according to a predetermined polarisation, the movable core ( 19 ) moves away from the contact wall ( 13 ).

Claim (Index 1):
An actuator for a haptic-feedback-providing interface module, the interface module comprising a touch surface that is able to detect at least one characteristic of a press of a user, the actuator comprising:\n a chassis that is configured to make contact with the touch interface via a contact wall to transmit haptic feedback to the touch surface; a stator that is connected to the chassis; a movable core that is connected, via at least one elastic element, to the chassis and that is configured to be driven to move by the stator to generate the haptic feedback; an electromagnet and at least one permanent magnet, one of which is borne by the stator and the other of which is borne by the movable core; and a damper that is placed between the movable core and the contact wall, and wherein said elastic element is dimensioned so that in the non-powered state of the electromagnet the movable core applies a bearing force in the direction of the contact wall, and so that in a powered state in which the electromagnet is powered with a predefined bias the movable core separates from the contact wall.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.68293
- Patent Class: 345.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13880467', '14651525', '14236743', '15972055', '16008043']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5948054636225476
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4849464553669964
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5838195627969925
- Mean Citation Score: 189.827102
- Max Citation Score: 229.81909
- Similarity Product: 196.3695486785424

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

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