PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15983224
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["348", "374000"]

Abstract:
A method of assembling a camera for a vehicular vision system includes providing a camera housing and forming a post at an interior portion of the camera housing, and positioning a printed circuit board in the camera housing so that the post is received through a hole through the printed circuit board such that a protruding end of the post protrudes from the side of the printed circuit board opposite the imager. Circuitry disposed at one side of the printed circuit board includes an imager. The protruding end of the post is adapted to limit retraction of the post from the hole through the printed circuit board so as to secure the printed circuit board relative to the post and the camera housing. A lens is provided at the camera housing.

Claim (Index 12):
A method of assembling a camera for a vision system for a vehicle, said method comprising:\n providing a camera housing; wherein providing the camera housing comprises forming two posts at an interior portion of the camera housing, each of the posts protruding from a respective support surface and having a protruding end; providing a printed circuit board having circuitry disposed thereat, wherein the printed circuit board has a first side and a second side opposite the first side, wherein the circuitry includes an imager disposed at the first side of the printed circuit board; positioning the printed circuit board in the camera housing with the imager and the first side of the printed circuit board facing toward a lens holding end of the camera housing, wherein, with the printed circuit board positioned in the camera housing, the first side of the printed circuit board engages the support surfaces; wherein positioning the printed circuit board in the camera housing comprises receiving the posts through respective holes through the printed circuit board such that the protruding ends of the posts protrude from the second side of the printed circuit board; adapting the protruding ends of the posts to limit movement of the printed circuit board relative to the posts and to secure the printed circuit board relative to the posts and the camera housing; providing a rear cover element and attaching the rear cover element at a rear of the camera housing, wherein the rear cover element has a connecting portion disposed thereat, and wherein the connecting portion is configured to connect to a wire harness of a vehicle when the camera is mounted at the vehicle; and providing a lens at the lens holding end of the camera housing.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 42.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.47273
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15487459', '15490173', '15983213', '15722145', '15334366']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6221424898063739
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4863942120593656
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6085676620316731
- Mean Citation Score: 217.48786600000005
- Max Citation Score: 225.62827
- Similarity Product: 185.333868722068

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