PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15980472
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["385", "078000"]

Abstract:
An optical fiber connector includes an optical fiber ferrule and a single-piece housing in which the ferrule is received. The housing can be installed in an adapter to make an optical connection. A rotational locking mechanism has a rotor mounted on the housing for rotation with respect the housing about a rotational axis. The rotor can be rotated between a locked position and an unlocked position. The rotational locking mechanism is configured to inhibit the housing from being withdrawn from the adapter in the locked position of the rotor and to permit the housing to be withdrawn from the adapter in the unlocked position, and further comprising a guide pin, wherein the housing comprises an integral guide pin retainer configured to hold the guide pin in place on the housing.

Claim (Index 19):
An optical fiber connector comprising:\n an optical fiber ferrule; a single-piece housing, the ferrule being received inside the housing, the housing being configured to be installed in an adapter to make an optical connection, the housing having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, the proximal end portion of the housing comprising a shaft having an axis, the shaft comprising first and second shaft members, each of the first and second shaft members having a proximal end portion defining a lip; and a rotor configured to be mounted on the shaft for rotation with respect the shaft about the axis, the rotor being rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position, the rotor being configured to inhibit the housing from being withdrawn from the adapter in the locked position of the rotor and to permit the housing to be withdrawn from the adapter in the unlocked position, the rotor comprising a rotor body having a proximal end and a distal end spaced apart along the axis, the rotor body defining a hole extending through the rotor body along the axis and a chamfered edge surface adjacent the distal end of the rotor body that extends around at least a portion of the hole, wherein the rotor is configured to be pressed distally onto the shaft such that the shaft extends through the hole and the lips of the first and second shaft members engage the proximal end of the rotor body to inhibit the rotor from moving proximally along the axis with respect to the shaft, the chamfered edge surface being configured to engage the free ends of the first and second shaft member and deflect the first and second shaft members toward one another as the rotor is pressed onto the shaft.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.20968
- Patent Class: 385.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14519540', '15069699', '15802693', '15958227', '15979483']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8373676045312594
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4859291812513308
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8022237622032665
- Mean Citation Score: 229.710494
- Max Citation Score: 233.83519
- Similarity Product: 186.3862824792564

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

Dataset: test