PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15974042
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["381", "322000"]

Abstract:
Disclosed herein, among other thing, are apparatus and methods to provide improved connections for components of hearing assistance devices. Various embodiments include an apparatus including a receiver case configured to house a hearing assistance device receiver, the receiver case including a spherical receiver spout having an opening. The apparatus also includes a receptacle housing having a spherical socket adapted to mate with the spherical receiver spout to form a ball and socket connection. An insert within the spherical socket is configured to establish a retained interference fit with the opening of the receiver spout when the connection is formed so as to create an acoustic seal therebetween.

Claim (Index 2):
A method of making a hearing assistance device including a housing and a digital signal processor within the housing, the method comprising:\n providing a receiver case within the housing, wherein the receiver case includes a spherical receiver spout and includes a hearing assistance device receiver, the receiver configured to be connected to the digital signal processor and further configured to play sound processed by the digital signal processor; and providing a sound tube within the housing, wherein the sound tube includes a spherical socket configured to mate with the spherical receiver spout to form a ball and socket connection, wherein, after the receiver spout is mated with the sound tube, the receiver case is configured to be oriented at a desired angle with respect to the sound tube to conform to an inner surface of the housing, wherein the spherical receiver spout and the spherical socket are configured to provide for connection and disconnection at various degrees of on and off vertical axial alignment.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 21.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.75385
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13408826', '14730474', '14039675', '14024342', '13889212']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6693605703039388
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5505697112621444
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6574814843997594
- Mean Citation Score: 296.7727720000001
- Max Citation Score: 397.39438
- Similarity Product: 352.7150549713349

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

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