PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15921188
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["296", "180500"]

Abstract:
An active front deflector assembly having a deflector panel, actuator, and linkage assemblies each with a predetermined ratio of the links to each other for motion of the deflector panel. The assembly deploys and retracts based on vehicle requirements, and, when deployed, redirects the air flow in the front of the vehicle to improve the vehicle aerodynamics for either fuel economy or performance characteristics. Additionally, it allows for the deflector panel to retract so the vehicle meets ground clearances, etc. The deflector panel is also both rigid and semi-rigid to absorb impact energy. The drive shaft transmits the drive from the actuator coupled to one linkage assembly to the other linkage assembly for moving the deflector panel between the deployed/retracted positions. The actuator is clutched to prevent damage to the system.

Claim (Index 20):
An active front deflector assembly for a vehicle, comprising:\n at least one deflector panel selectively deployable and retractable between a deployed downward position and a stowed upward position, where the deployment of the deflector panel reduces drag and improves aerodynamics; at least two linkage assemblies attached to the deflector panel and connected to the vehicle, each linkage assembly forming a trapezium shape when in the deployed position; and an actuator having a drive shaft operably coupled to the at least two linkage assemblies, where the actuator has object detection and is in communication with the vehicle and automatically deploys the deployable panel under predetermined conditions and automatically retracts the deployable panel when predetermined conditions for continued deployment are no longer met, wherein the predetermined conditions are selected from the group consisting of vehicle speeds, forces/loads, wind directions, yaw, and combinations thereof; wherein the at least two linkage assemblies each further comprise:\n a coupler link, where the coupler link is attached to the upper spine of the deflector panel; \n a fixed base link, where the fixed base link is attached toward the front of the vehicle; \n a drive link pivotably connected to the coupler link and fixed base link; and \n a follower link pivotably connected to the coupler link and fixed base link; \n wherein, when in the deployed position, the angle between the fixed base link and drive link in the deployed position is 75-85 degrees, and/or \n the length of the fixed base link is two times the length of the coupler link, and/or \n the drive link is three times the length of the coupler link, and/or \n the follower link is 3.875 times the length of the coupler link.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.87013
- Patent Class: 296.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15318193', '15833422', '15318233', '15318117', '10797955']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.839689570618885
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5231325372559462
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8080338672825912
- Mean Citation Score: 357.8618360000001
- Max Citation Score: 414.4719
- Similarity Product: 406.9768662114858

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

Dataset: test