PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16015583
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["385", "075000"]

Abstract:
Fiber optic connectors, connector housings, connectorized cable assemblies, and methods for the connectorization of cable assemblies are provided with particular cable adapter features, adapter extensions, multi-diametrical sealing flexures, subcutaneous sealing elements, and combinations thereof, for improved connector and cable performance, integrity, and durability.

Claim (Index 24):
The connectorized fiber optic cable assembly of  claim 1  wherein:\n the connector housing is characterized by a Young's modulus E H ; \n the cable adapter is characterized by a Young's modulus E A , which is less than E H ; \n the adapter extension is characterized by a Young's modulus E E , which is less than E A ; \n the multi-diametrical sealing flexure is characterized by a Young's modulus E F , which is less than E E ; \n the cable assembly comprises a multicomponent bending stiffness profile comprising a first bending index value B1 at a free end of the extension securement portion of the cable adapter, a second bending index value B2 at a free end of the adapter extension, and a third bending index value B3 at a free end of the multi-diametrical sealing flexure, where B1>B2>B3; \n the cable assembly comprises a first bending terminus at a free end of the extension securement portion of the cable adapter, a second bending terminus at a free end of the adapter extension, and a third bending terminus at a free end of the multi-diametrical sealing flexure; \n the free end of the adapter extension is displaced from the free end of the extension securement portion of the cable adapter along the longitudinal axis by an effective extension length d E ; \n the free end of the multi-diametrical sealing flexure is displaced from the free end of adapter extension by an effective flexure length d F ; \n 1 \u2264 d F d E \u2264 4 ; the connectorized fiber optic cable assembly comprises a cable entry interface, an adapter abutment interface, and an adapter sealing interface; the cable entry interface is formed by an inner surface of the extended cable passageway of the adapter extension and an outer surface of the fiber optic cable, where the fiber optic cable extends into the extended cable passageway of the adapter extension towards the ferrule; the adapter abutment interface is formed by the adapter extension and the adapter abutment of the cable adapter, where the adapter extension contacts an extension-facing surface of the adapter abutment; the adapter sealing interface is formed by the adapter abutment and the connector housing, where the adapter abutment contacts an abutment facing surface of the connector housing; the multi-diametrical sealing flexure forms respective sealing bridges across the cable entry interface, the adapter abutment interface, and the adapter sealing interface; the cable entry interface originates at a cable-to-connector elbow; the adapter sealing interface originates at a housing-to-adapter elbow; the cable-to-connector elbow and the housing-to-adapter elbow are oriented in opposite directions relative to the longitudinal axis; the multi-diametrical sealing flexure forms respective sealing bridges across the cable-to-connector elbow and the oppositely directed housing-to-adapter elbow; the housing-to-adapter elbow comprises an exposed anchoring face oriented towards the ferrule retaining portion of the connector housing; the adapter extension comprises an interior adapter-engaging surface that is rotationally asymmetric relative to the longitudinal axis; and the extension securement portion of the cable adapter comprises an exterior surface that complements the rotational asymmetry of the interior adapter-engaging surface of the adapter extension.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 65.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.58824
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['16015588', '15501660', '15501644', '13106524', '12825026']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8655240501782945
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.558834903142443
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8348551354747094
- Mean Citation Score: 301.044028
- Max Citation Score: 456.80405
- Similarity Product: 315.79856639735107

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