PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15928853
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 geometry and ratio of links to each other for movement of the active front deflector assembly between at least a deployed position and a retracted position. The deflector panel is positionable at multiple heights. 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. A drive shaft transmits the drive from one side to the other side. The deflector is both rigid and semi rigid to absorb impact energy.

Claim (Index 20):
An active front deflector assembly for a vehicle, comprising:\n a plurality of attachment brackets to attach the at least two linkage assemblies toward the front of the vehicle; at least one deflector panel selectively deployable and retractable between at least 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 parallelogram when in the deployed position; an actuator; and a drive shaft operably coupled to the actuator and to the at least two linkage assemblies, where the actuator 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, 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 deflector panel; \n a fixed base link; \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 and retracted positions, none of the angles between the links of the at least two linkage assemblies are 90 degrees and the drive link and follower link are the same length, and the coupler link and fixed base link are the same length as each other and less than the drive link and follower link length.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.9125
- Patent Class: 296.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15318233', '15318193', '15833422', '15921188', '15318117']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8557674267712553
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.497759102904532
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.819966594384583
- Mean Citation Score: 352.687908
- Max Citation Score: 356.18732
- Similarity Product: 341.04347128029104

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

Dataset: test