PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15750911
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["439", "136000"]

Abstract:
This invention relates to an electrical connector ( 110 ). More specifically, the invention relates to a twist-lock electrical plug and socket connector for use in, amongst others, towing applications where a towed vehicle and a towing vehicle need to be electrically connected to one another. The electrical connector ( 110 ) includes a plug body ( 120 ), a socket body ( 132 ) to which the plug body ( 120 ) is connectible, a first locking body ( 142 ) comprising first locking formations ( 144 ) and being movably mounted on the plug body ( 120 ), and a second locking formation ( 146 ) on the socket body ( 132 ). Typically, the first or the second locking ( 144, 146 ) formation extends axially from the respective plug and socket bodies ( 120, 132 ) in the direction of respective first connecting ends thereof, and comprise free ends having a radially inwardly extending locking overhangs. Generally, the other of the first or the second locking formation ( 144, 146 ) is a protrusion extending radially from the other of the respective plug or socket body ( 120, 132 ) and at least partially about the circumference thereof, the radial protrusion having a first surface facing the first connecting and a second oppositely facing surface, such that with the plug and socket bodies ( 120, 132 ) connected and with the locking overhang extending beyond the radial protrusion, a twist action imparted between the first locking body ( 142 ) and the connected plug and socket bodies ( 120, 132 ) causes the locking overhang to engage the second surface of the radial protrusion thereby locking the connected plug and socket bodies ( 120, 132 ) to one another.

Claim (Index 1):
An electrical connector including:\n a plug body having a first end, a second end and a central axis extending through such first and second ends, wherein the plug body houses a first electrical connector therein that is located nearer the first connecting end than to the second end of the plug body; a socket body having a first end, a second end and a central axis extending through such first and second ends, wherein the socket body houses a second electrical connector therein that is located nearer the first connecting end than to the second end of the socket body such that the first connecting ends of the plug and socket bodies are co-axially engageable with one another to bring the first and second electrical connectors into electrical connection with one another in a connected condition; a first locking body movably mounted on the plug body or the socket body, the first locking body having at least a first locking formation defined thereon; and at least a second locking formation on the other of the plug body or the socket body, wherein:\n (i) the first or the second locking formation extends axially from the respective plug or socket body in the direction of the first connecting end thereof, and comprises a free end having a radially inwardly extending locking overhang; and \n (ii) the other of the first or the second locking formation is a protrusion extending radially from the other of the respective plug or socket body and at least partially about the circumference thereof, the radial protrusion having a first surface facing the first connecting end and a second oppositely facing surface; \n such that in the connected condition and with the locking overhang extending beyond the radial protrusion, a twist action imparted between the first locking body and the connected plug and socket bodies causes the locking overhang to engage the second surface of the radial protrusion thereby locking the connected plug and socket bodies to one another.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 43.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.17
- Patent Class: 439.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12469701', '13135121', '14467596', '12317608', '12156244']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7919509283125907
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4832032101445499
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7610761564957866
- Mean Citation Score: 228.67183600000004
- Max Citation Score: 235.40198
- Similarity Product: 180.5432068741273

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

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