PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16105175
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["381", "329000"]

Abstract:
Securing mechanisms for space access devices, such as an audio signal transmitting device, include a plurality of flattened members that are configured to transition from a relaxed state to a securing state when the space access device is inserted into an internal space or opening that has an inside diameter smaller than an outside diameter of the flattened members in the relaxed state. The flattened members securely engage a surface of the internal space and conform to the shape and size of the internal space. An amount of force applied by the flattened members to the surface of the internal space can be tuned by changing a stiffness of a rib supporting the flattened member.

Claim (Index 23):
A method of changing an amount of force applied by a securing mechanism to a surface of an internal space or opening, said method comprising:\n providing the audio signal transmitting device with a first securing mechanism attached thereto and configured to contact the surface of the internal space or opening into which said securing mechanism is inserted, wherein the first securing mechanism comprises first leaflets arranged circumferentially around a first base and separated by first gaps; wherein said each said first leaflet has a first length dimension extending in a direction radially outwardly from a longitudinal axis of the first securing mechanism, a first width dimension extending transverse to the longitudinal axis, a first depth dimension extending normal to said first width dimension, a first flat contact surface configured to contact the surface of the internal space or opening and a first rib extending in a length direction of said first leaflet; wherein said first width dimension is greater than said first depth dimension; removing the first securing mechanism from the audio signal transmitting device; and attaching a second securing mechanism to the audio signal transmitting device, wherein the second securing mechanism comprises second leaflets arranged circumferentially around a second base and separated by gaps; wherein said each said second leaflet has a second length dimension extending in a direction radially outwardly from a longitudinal axis of the second securing mechanism, a second width dimension extending transverse to the longitudinal axis, a second depth dimension extending normal to said second width dimension, a second flat contact surface configured to contact the surface of the internal space or opening and a second rib extending in a length direction of said second leaflet; wherein said second width dimension is greater than said second depth dimension; and wherein said first rib has a first stiffness, said second rib has a second stiffness, and said first stiffness is unequal to said second stiffness.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 22.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.81818
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15373379', '15785731', '14874838', '14250862', '15195100']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6710854215738872
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5366868507129929
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6576455644877978
- Mean Citation Score: 265.327768
- Max Citation Score: 360.49902
- Similarity Product: 267.9886461227989

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