PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16154379
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["156", "064000"]

Abstract:
A method for creating a termination by attaching some kind of fitting to the end of a tensile member such as a cable. The end fitting is provided with one or more internal cavities. Each cavity has a proximal portion that is adjacent to the area where the tensile member exits the fitting and a distal portion on its opposite end. A length of the tensile member's filaments is placed within this expanding cavity and infused with liquid potting compound. The method exploits the characteristic of a liquid potting compound as it transitions to a solid. Once the potting compound in at least a portion of the cavity has transitioned sufficiently to hold the filaments at a desired level, tension is placed on the tensile member and a small linear displacement may be imposed on the tensile member. This linear displacement tends to pull the filaments residing in the potting compound into better alignment and improve load sharing. The invention can be applied to single fittings having multiple cavities and to multiple fittings having only one cavity per fitting.

Claim (Index 15):
A method for adding a termination to an end of a tensile strength member as recited in  claim 13  wherein said potting compound transition tension is applied via a single cable clamp that engages said tensile strength member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.94845
- Patent Class: 156.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16154346', '14611350', '15838457', '13678664', '15784267']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.9121560031194392
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5930270667109352
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.880243109478589
- Mean Citation Score: 393.351024
- Max Citation Score: 504.98798
- Similarity Product: 440.6890016822684

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

Dataset: test