PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16198402
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["439", "077000"]

Abstract:
Provided is a flexible flat cable connector that can easily connect a flexible flat cable, and provide a reliable connection. An FFC connector ( 40 ) has a substantially L-shape in cross section and includes a plurality of busbars ( 41 ) made of metal, and a busbar case ( 42 ) made of resin and holding the busbars so that part of the plurality of busbars ( 41 ) is exposed. The busbar case ( 42 ) includes: a recessed portion ( 44 ) configured to accommodate an end portion ( 14 b ) of an FFC ( 14 ); a bottom wall ( 45 ) provided on the recessed portion ( 44 ); paired side walls ( 46, 46 ) each disposed at both ends of the recessed portion ( 44 ) and facing each other in the width direction of the FFC ( 14 ); a plurality of protruding portions ( 47 A,  47 A, . . . ) provided on the bottom wall ( 45 ); and paired projections ( 48, 48 ) projecting from the paired side walls ( 46, 46 ), facing each other, and spaced apart from the bottom wall ( 45 ).

Claim (Index 7):
The flexible flat cable connection structure according to  claim 6 , further comprising:\n a welded portion extending in a width direction of the flexible flat cable and configured to connect an end portion of the flexible flat cable and the bottom wall together, wherein the plurality of protruding portions are disposed closer to the welded portion than the paired projections in a length direction of the flexible flat cable.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 22.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.55294
- Patent Class: 439.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15401279', '16076476', '11822013', '15560151', '16122253']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7479842293754798
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4835909716003315
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.721544903597965
- Mean Citation Score: 183.79446
- Max Citation Score: 191.14462
- Similarity Product: 124.8105320901823

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

Dataset: test