PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16116736
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-08
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["052", "702000"]

Abstract:
A hanger for connecting a structural member to a structural support including a base sized and shaped for receiving the structural member thereon. First and second side panels extend upward from the base. First and second back panels each extend from a respective one of the side panels. First and second top flanges each extend from a respective one of the back panels. An opening in one of said first and second side panels and said first and second back panels is configured to receive a fastener to attach the hanger to one of the structural member and the structural support. A slot is adjacent the opening. An area between the opening and the slot defines a yieldable portion selected to deform at a load that is less than the shear load capacity of the fastener when received through the opening for connecting the hanger to one of the structural member and the structural support.

Claim (Index 29):
A connector for supporting a first structural member by transferring a load exerted by the first structural member to a second structural member, the construction connector comprising:\n a first connection portion configured to attach to the first structural member so that the first structural member exerts the load on the first connection portion; and a second connection portion fixed to the first connection portion so that the load exerted by the first structural member on the first connection portion is exerted on the second connection portion, the second connection portion configured to attach to the second structural member so that the second connection portion exerts the load on the second structural member, the second connection portion comprising:\n an aperture configured to receive a fastener to attach the second connection portion to the second structural member; and \n a yieldable portion partially defining the aperture and selected to deform at a deformation load that is less than a shear load capacity of the fastener received through the aperture when the yieldable portion engages the fastener, the yieldable portion being positioned relative to the aperture so that at least a portion of the load is exerted on the fastener by the yieldable portion when the second connection portion exerts the load on the second structural member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 17.0
- Percentile: 96.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.65574
- Patent Class: 52.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15353943', '14106714', '14476938', '12946855', '11297426']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8210902643912539
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5371222059473301
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7926934585468616
- Mean Citation Score: 254.342656
- Max Citation Score: 398.3328
- Similarity Product: 287.18997759304045

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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