PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15957795
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["361", "679270"]

Abstract:
A latching mechanism includes a latch provided to a first unit, provided with a first engaging portion at its tip, and is rotatable about a rotation shaft from a first rotation position to a second rotation position, a shaft support provided to the first unit, rotatably supporting the rotation shaft, and is movable between a first position and a second position, a biasing portion provided to the first unit, and biasing the shaft support in a direction from the first position to the second position, and a second engaging portion provided to a second unit, and is engageable with the first engaging portion. The first and second engaging portions engage when the second unit is closed with respect to the first unit, the shaft support lies at the second position, and the latch lies at the second rotation position.

Claim (Index 6):
A latching mechanism used in a device including a first unit and a second unit openable with respect to the first unit, the latching mechanism fixing the second unit in a closed state with respect to the first unit, the latching mechanism comprising:\n a latch provided to the first unit, the latch being provided with a first engaging portion at a tip of the latch, the latch being rotatable about a rotation shaft from a first rotation position to a second rotation position; a shaft support provided to the first unit, the shaft support rotatably supporting the rotation shaft, the shaft support being movable between a first position and a second position; a biasing portion provided to the first unit, the biasing portion biasing the shaft support in a direction from the first position to the second position; and a second engaging portion provided to the second unit, the second engaging portion being engageable with the first engaging portion, wherein the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion engage with each other when the second unit is closed with respect to the first unit, the shaft support lies at the second position, and the latch lies at the second rotation position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 7.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.45455
- Patent Class: 361.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15951443', '11271813', '11743512', '11092875', '15180062']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8388471240989129
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4746961557028723
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.802432027259309
- Mean Citation Score: 205.087984
- Max Citation Score: 249.5735
- Similarity Product: 230.8361222619116

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

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