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 16):
An active front deflector assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:\n at least one deflector panel including a semi-rigid portion and a rigid upper spine portion, where the deflector panel selectively deploys and retracts between a deployed position within an air flow and a stowed position out of the air flow, where the deployment of the deflector panel improves aerodynamics; at least two linkage assemblies attached to the rigid upper spine of the deflector panel and connected to the vehicle, each linkage assembly forming only a trapezium shape when in the deployed position; and an actuator including 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.

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): 0.8395969593143489
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5234087502291465
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8079781384058287
- Mean Citation Score: 357.8618360000001
- Max Citation Score: 414.4719
- Similarity Product: 410.44690271919967

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

Dataset: test