PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15893896
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-06
Patent Classification: ["292", "201000"]

Abstract:
A latch for capturing a striker includes a latch cam, a trigger, a drive cam, a motor coupled to the drive cam, and a switch coupled to the motor. The latch cam is biased to rotate toward an open position and configured to capture the striker in a closed position. The drive cam uses at least one cam surface to contact the trigger, and the switch permits actuation of the motor to rotate the drive cam when sensing the trigger or the drive cam, thereby rotating the drive cam to urge the trigger toward an unlocked position, disengage the trigger from the latch cam, and allow the latch cam to rotate from the closed position toward the open position. A system incorporating the latch and method of capturing a striker is also provided.

Claim (Index 24):
A method for releasing a striker from a latch cam of a latch, the method comprising:\n sensing the position of a trigger and a drive cam of the latch with a single switch; actuating a motor to rotate the drive cam of the latch while the trigger or the drive cam is sensed by the switch; rotating the trigger of the latch from a locked position toward an unlocked position by rotation of the drive cam; disengaging the trigger from the latch cam of the latch; and allowing the latch cam of the latch to rotate from a closed position toward an open position, thereby releasing the striker from the latch cam of the latch.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.68519
- Patent Class: 292.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14535790', '15259801', '14329421', '15674342', '15356178']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7447631064707856
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5040738234589518
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7206941781696022
- Mean Citation Score: 272.32400799999994
- Max Citation Score: 392.21216
- Similarity Product: 326.6543803076744

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

Dataset: test