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 6):
A flexible flat cable connection structure comprising:\n a flexible flat cable; and a flexible flat cable connector configured to electrically connect the flexible flat cable and the outside together, wherein the flexible flat cable connector includes a recessed portion configured to accommodate an end portion of the flexible flat cable, a bottom wall provided on the recessed portion, paired side walls disposed at both ends of the recessed portion and facing each other in a width direction of the flexible flat cable, a plurality of protruding portions provided on the bottom wall and inserted respectively into a plurality of holes provided in the flexible flat cable, and paired projections extending from the paired side walls, facing each other, and spaced apart from the bottom wall.

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): 0.7525052574333592
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.459977332110792
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7232524649011025
- Mean Citation Score: 183.79446
- Max Citation Score: 191.14462
- Similarity Product: 157.05892702728983

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

Dataset: test