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 1):
An active front deflector assembly for a vehicle, comprising:\n at least one deflector panel, where the deflector panel selectively deploys and retracts between a deployed position and a stowed position, where the deployment of the deflector panel improves aerodynamics; at least two linkage assemblies attached to the deflector panel and to the vehicle, each linkage assembly forming a trapezium shape when in the deployed position; a drive shaft operably coupled to the at least two linkage assemblies wherein the drive shaft transmits the drive from one linkage assembly to the other; and an actuator operably coupled to the linkage assemblies, where the actuator is in communication with the vehicle and deploys and retracts the deflector panel under predetermined conditions.

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): 0.8395620043928655
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5235128045422597
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.807957084407805
- Mean Citation Score: 357.8618360000001
- Max Citation Score: 414.4719
- Similarity Product: 411.7540151882172

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