PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16085430
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["385", "072000"]

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a ruggedized female fiber optic connector designed to reduce cost. In one example, features of a fiber optic connector and a fiber optic adapter are integrated into one assembly. In another example, a female ruggedized optic connector is provided with a simple structure having a pre-assembled ferrule alignment sleeve including a ferrule.

Claim (Index 1):
An assembly adapted to couple to a ruggedized male fiber optic connector, the assembly comprising:\n a fiber optic cable including a jacket enclosing an optical fiber and at least one strength member; a ruggedized female fiber optic connector coupled to an end of the fiber optic cable, the ruggedized female fiber optic connector comprising:\n a connector body having a length that extends along a central axis between a first end and an opposite second end, the optical fiber of the fiber optic cable entering the connector body through the first end of the connector body, the strength member of the fiber optic cable being anchored to the connector body at the first end of the connector body, the second end of the connector body defining a connector port for receiving the ruggedized male fiber optic connector, the connector body including means adjacent the second end of the connector body for interlocking with a twist-to-lock coupler of the ruggedized male fiber optic connector; \n a ferrule alignment sleeve co-axially aligned along the central axis, the ferrule alignment sleeve including first and second opposite ends spaced apart along the central axis, the first end of the ferrule alignment sleeve facing toward the first end of the connector body and the second end of the ferrule alignment sleeve facing toward the second end of the connector body, the second end of the ferrule alignment sleeve being accessible through the connector port; \n an alignment sleeve housing containing the ferrule alignment sleeve, the alignment sleeve housing being axially fixed within the connector body; \n a ferrule assembly including a ferrule, the ferrule being received within the first end of the ferrule alignment sleeve, the ferrule being axially fixed relative to the alignment sleeve housing; and \n a section of optical fiber supported within a longitudinal fiber passage of the ferrule, the section of optical fiber having an interface end positioned adjacent a free end of the ferrule, the section of optical fiber being optically coupled to the optical fiber of the fiber optic cable.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.58974
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14914117', '12115966', '14024272', '11764490', '15760175']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8576822914267414
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5262256150190754
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8245366237859748
- Mean Citation Score: 341.454266
- Max Citation Score: 360.81573
- Similarity Product: 254.0738449763596

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