PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16019968
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["235", "441000"]

Abstract:
A card reader may include a main body frame, an IC contact block and a guide shaft for moving the IC contact block between a contact position and a retreated position. The guide shaft may be inserted through and pulled out from the IC contact block. The main body frame includes a first shaft holding part and a second shaft holding part which hold the ends of the guide shaft. The first shaft holding part is formed with an arrangement hole which is a first cam groove structured to move the IC contact block and the second shaft holding part is formed with a second cam groove structured to move the IC contact block. A coming-off prevention member which prevents coming-off of the guide shaft from the first shaft holding part and the second shaft holding part is detachably attached to the guide shaft or the main body frame.

Claim (Index 1):
A card reader for use with a card comprising an IC chip having an external connection terminal, the card reader comprising:\n a plurality of IC contact springs structured to contact with the external connection terminal of the IC chip which is formed on the card; an IC contact block which holds the plurality of the IC contact springs; a main body frame comprising a card moving passage where the card is moved; and a guide shaft structured to move the IC contact block between a contact position where the IC contact springs contact with the external connection terminal and a retreated position where the IC contact springs are retreated so as not to contact with the external connection terminal; wherein when a direction which is perpendicular to a moving direction of the card moved in the card moving passage and to a thickness direction of the card moved in the card moving passage is referred to as a right and left direction, the guide shaft is separately formed from the IC contact block and is disposed so that an axial direction of the guide shaft and the right and left direction are coincided with each other; wherein the main body frame comprises:\n a first shaft holding part which holds one end side portion of the guide shaft; and \n a second shaft holding part which holds another end side portion of the guide shaft; \n wherein the IC contact block is disposed between the first shaft holding part and the second shaft holding part in the right and left direction; wherein the IC contact block comprises an insertion hole so as to be penetrated through in the right and left direction through which the guide shaft is inserted and an abutting part structured to abut with one end of the card in the moving direction of the card; wherein the first shaft holding part comprises an arrangement hole penetrated through in the right and left direction in which the one end side portion of the guide shaft is disposed and through which the guide shaft is capable of passing in the right and left direction; wherein the arrangement hole is a first cam groove structured to move the IC contact block between the contact position and the retreated position together with the guide shaft and, the second shaft holding part comprises a second cam groove structured to move the IC contact block between the contact position and the retreated position together with the guide shaft; wherein the IC contact block is structured to move together with the guide shaft between the contact position and the retreated position with respect to the first shaft holding part and the second shaft holding part; wherein a coming-off prevention member structured to prevent coming-off of the guide shaft from the first shaft holding part and the second shaft holding part to a side of the first shaft holding part in the right and left direction is detachably attached to the guide shaft or the main body frame; and wherein the IC contact block is structured such that, when the one end of the card is abutted with the abutting part, the IC contact block located at the retreated position starts to move toward the contact position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 26.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.7193
- Patent Class: 235.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['14375241', '14892449', '15554933', '15035360', '14358548']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5428040036247733
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4738955710667717
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5359131603689732
- Mean Citation Score: 216.96362
- Max Citation Score: 237.47118
- Similarity Product: 205.89077887301804

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

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