PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16010182
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-12
Patent Classification: ["340", "407100"]

Abstract:
A haptic actuator assembly includes a haptic actuator configured to output displacement along a perpendicular axis and a pre-load device. The pre-load device is disposed adjacent to the haptic actuator and configured to generate a compressive load on the haptic actuator along the perpendicular axis to oppose expansion of the haptic actuator along the perpendicular axis. The haptic actuator is disposed within an enclosed cavity formed by a casing. A pressure within the enclosed cavity is varied in order to create the compressive load on the haptic actuator along the perpendicular axis. The pre-load device may alternatively be a connector component formed from a shrinkable material that is configured to longitudinally shrink to exert a force in order to create the compressive load on the haptic actuator along the perpendicular axis.

Claim (Index 1):
A haptic actuator assembly, comprising:\n a haptic actuator including\n a layer of piezoelectric material configured to generate strain along a parallel axis, the parallel axis being parallel to a planar surface of the layer, and \n a displacement conversion device configured to convert the strain of the layer of piezoelectric material along the parallel axis to expansion or contraction of the haptic actuator along a perpendicular axis, the perpendicular axis being perpendicular to the planar surface of the layer, \n wherein the expansion or contraction of the haptic actuator is configured to generate a displacement of the haptic actuator along the perpendicular axis; and \n a pre-load device adjacent to the haptic actuator and configured to generate a compressive load on the haptic actuator along the perpendicular axis, the pre-load device including a casing having a cover, a base spaced apart from and extending parallel to the cover, and at least one sidewall that extends between the cover and the base, wherein the haptic actuator is disposed within an enclosed cavity formed by the casing, and wherein a pressure within the enclosed cavity is varied in order to create the compressive load on the haptic actuator along the perpendicular axis.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.51852
- Patent Class: 340.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16010180', '16010169', '15098669', '15724751', '15623987']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7115027335700266
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5832304499500778
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6986755052080317
- Mean Citation Score: 283.495536
- Max Citation Score: 461.59985
- Similarity Product: 459.354446152404

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

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