PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16045233
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-01
Patent Classification: ["361", "763000"]

Abstract:
A retainer device which connects to a printed circuit board (PCB) to provide added structural rigidity to a capacitor (or other electrical component) mounted to the PCB. The retainer device is able to provide increased durability of capacitor leads against vibrational fatigue. The retainer device is designed to add structural rigidity to single or multiple capacitors soldered to a PCB. The retainer device exerts a positive force against the capacitor, pressing the capacitor against the PCB. This in turn limits the fatigue deflection of the capacitor leads. The retainer device has at least one spring retention ring, where the spring retention ring is able to apply force to the capacitor, which aids in ensuring that the capacitor is flush to the surface of the PCB, which reduces the load on the leads of the capacitor.

Claim (Index 9):
An electronic component assembly, comprising:\n at least one capacitor; a circuit board; a retainer device having an outer frame portion; and a spring being part of the retainer device such that the outer frame portion is connected to and substantially circumscribes the spring; wherein the spring deflects and applies force to the at least one capacitor to retain the at least one capacitor in place when the retention device and the at least one capacitor are attached to the circuit board.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.19118
- Patent Class: 361.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15067439', '12101388', '15055859', '13170582', '12679684']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8301970242911019
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4814288398435294
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7953202058463447
- Mean Citation Score: 144.322624
- Max Citation Score: 160.19716
- Similarity Product: 103.97307307629823

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

Dataset: test