PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15914877
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-07
Patent Classification: ["439", "346000"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for securing an electrical connection formed by a mating structure including prongs of a male assembly and receptacles of a female assembly are provided. In certain embodiments, the electrical connection can be secured by frictional engagement between the plug and receptacle housings. This can be accomplished by forcing a wedge into an interface between the housings or expanding a locking element, such as an elastomeric ring, into the interface. Such locking and releasing of the secure connection can be actuated using a locking nut.

Claim (Index 2):
The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said tab is biased toward said lock configuration such that said protrusion automatically becomes disposed within said recess when said plug is fully inserted into said receptacle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 29.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.63793
- Patent Class: 439.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15250523', '14217278', '15332878', '13228331', '12568444']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8116143320508724
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5391710604577828
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7843700048915635
- Mean Citation Score: 353.85170999999985
- Max Citation Score: 390.69034
- Similarity Product: 268.29021821361783

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

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