PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16266261
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-02
Publication Date: 2019-06
Patent Classification: ["439", "349000"]

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for securing an electrical connection formed by a mating structure including prongs of a male assembly and receptacles of a female assembly are provided. In certain embodiments, the electrical connection can be secured by frictional engagement between the plug and receptacle housings. This can be accomplished by forcing a wedge into an interface between the housings or expanding a locking element, such as an elastomeric ring, into the interface. Such locking and releasing of the secure connection can be actuated using a locking nut.

Claim (Index 3):
The apparatus in  claim 1 , wherein said clamping mechanism is operative to exert a clamping force on a ground prong maintained at ground potential.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.63793
- Patent Class: 439.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12568444', '15914877', '15250523', '14217278', '15332878']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8341434629069016
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5537816401317949
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.806107280629391
- Mean Citation Score: 401.98676
- Max Citation Score: 430.56458
- Similarity Product: 426.4393280939066

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

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