PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15957257
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["439", "352000"]

Abstract:
A connector position assurance (CPA) device for assuring the full engagement of a female connector assembly and a male connector assembly in a connector apparatus, and the connector apparatus having the female connector assembly and the male connector assembly engaged together when the CPA device is at a full-lock position. Prior to the CPA device being at a full-lock position, the female connector assembly, with the CPA device at a pre-lock position therein, enters the male connector assembly for engagement thereto. At such time, protruding members of a flexible member of the female connector assembly enter a side elongated slot of the male connector assembly. When the CPA device, at the pre-lock position, is further pushed into the female connector assembly, a set of side ledges extending from the CPA device prevents the flexible member of the female connector assembly from being moved or pushed; thus, with the CPA device at the full-lock position, it is assured that the male and female connector assemblies remain fully engaged.

Claim (Index 1):
A connector apparatus, comprising:\n a female connector assembly for receiving a set of terminals, wherein the female connector assembly has an opening at one end thereof; a male connector assembly for receiving another set of terminals, wherein the male connector assembly receives therein the female connector assembly for engagement thereto; and a connector position assurance (CPA) device for entering the opening of the female connector assembly, and assures the full engagement of the male and female connector assemblies when the CPA device is at a full-lock position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.70588
- Patent Class: 439.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15271490', '15243023', '15407573', '15243008', '15407562']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8219515354021768
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5891120574497597
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7986675876069351
- Mean Citation Score: 421.403762
- Max Citation Score: 543.5875
- Similarity Product: 454.5490980908274

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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