PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15967857
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["439", "320000"]

Abstract:
A connector assembly that has a connector including a coupling member rotatably coupled to a body, a gripping sleeve that receives a portion of the body and a portion of the coupling member, and a torque limiting feature associated with one or both of the gripping sleeve and the coupling member. The torque limiting feature has first and second predetermined torque limits. Rotation of the gripping sleeve applies torque to and rotates the coupling member in a tightening direction until the first predetermined torque limit is reached such that no additional torque is applied to the coupling member by the gripping sleeve that is greater than the first predetermined torque limit. The gripping sleeve rotates with respect to coupling member in a loosening direction until the second predetermined torque limit is reached thereby allowing the gripping sleeve to rotate the coupling member in the loosening direction.

Claim (Index 1):
A connector assembly, comprising:\n a connector including a coupling member rotatably coupled to a body, said coupling member having an interface end; a gripping sleeve that receives at least a portion of said body of said connector and at least a portion of said coupling member of said connector, said gripping sleeve being rotatable in a tightening direction and a rotatable direction; and a torque limiting feature associated with at least one of said gripping sleeve and said coupling member, said torque limiting feature having first and second predetermined torque limits, wherein said torque limiting feature is configured such that rotation of said gripping sleeve in the tightening direction applies torque to and rotates said coupling member of said connector with said gripping sleeve in a tightening direction until said first predetermined torque limit is reached such that no additional torque is applied to said coupling member by said gripping sleeve that is greater than said first predetermined torque limit, and wherein said torque limiting feature is configured such that rotation of said gripping sleeve in the loosening direction allows said gripping sleeve to rotate with respect to said coupling member until the second predetermined torque limit is reached, thereby allowing said gripping sleeve to rotate said coupling member with said gripping sleeve in the loosening direction.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.66667
- Patent Class: 439.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15847011', '15713209', '15254360', '15962788', '14206487']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7815037380864813
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6628554426375256
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7696389085415858
- Mean Citation Score: 368.19580800000006
- Max Citation Score: 487.38422
- Similarity Product: 465.68330810960055

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