PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16182835
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["439", "834000"]

Abstract:
A surface mount wire receptacle or connector includes an elongate flat base for surface mounting on a PCB. A cylindrical enclosure has spaced side wall portions at the upstream end of the base. A pair of resilient spring fingers extend from the side wall portions inwardly towards the axis. An actuating tab is provided on each spring finger to form cantilevers extending across the axis and beyond a cooperating spring finger and having a free end accessible to a user for application of generally opposing inwardly directed forces towards the axis to separate the free ends of the spring fingers when the actuating tabs are squeezed inwardly to release any captured wire.

Claim (Index 1):
A surface mount wire receptacle or connector comprises a generally elongate flat base suitable for surface mounting on a printed circuit board that defines a connector axis; spaced generally parallel supports extending from said flat base to either side of said connector axis at a leading or upstream end of said base; a pair of resilient spring fingers or contact tines having free ends that extend from said supports inwardly towards said connector axis to position said free ends of said spring fingers in close proximity to each other at a point downstream of said supports; an actuating tab provided on each spring finger to form cantilevers extending across said axis and beyond a cooperating spring finger and having a free edge accessible to a user for application of generally opposing inwardly directed forces towards said axis to separate said free ends of said spring fingers when said actuating tabs are squeezed inwardly towards each other, said resilient spring finger free ends being movable between relaxed positions forming a gap between the free ends and extended positions in which a wire of diameter greater than the dimension of said gap can be frictionally engaged and captured between said free ends, whereby when said actuating tabs are squeezed inwardly towards said axis this increases the spacing between said free ends a distance greater than the diameter of the captured wire, said free edges of actuating tabs being mounted outside a receiving envelope defined by a spacing between said supports and can move independently of the positions of said resilient fingers to clear said resilient fingers relative to any wire having a diameter receivable between said supports of the receptacle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 47.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.61111
- Patent Class: 439.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14100670', '13675909', '11242200', '11491221', '12167854']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7680478597228143
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4695779872997294
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7382008724805058
- Mean Citation Score: 168.938468
- Max Citation Score: 177.23831
- Similarity Product: 131.25568651213229

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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