PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15993386
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["439", "737000"]

Abstract:
Various splice connector assemblies are disclosed. The splice connector assembly can include a connection unit mating a female and male terminals. The splice connector assembly can include an outer housing with an inner passage configured to receive the terminals. A first securing mechanism can be engaged with a first end of the outer housing and a second securing mechanism can be engaged with a second end of outer housing. The first and second securing mechanisms can each include a coupling nut engaged with the housing, a washer that is non-rotatably connected to the housing, and a sealing gland that comprises an aperture having a non-concentric cross sectional shape.

Claim (Index 24):
A method of splicing a cable, the method comprising:\n inserting a socket connected to a first cable into a first end of a housing, the housing comprising a longitudinal axis; inserting a pin connected to a second cable into a second end of the housing, the second end opposite the first end; coupling the socket and the pin inside the housing to form a connection unit; connecting a first securing mechanism to the first end of the housing, wherein connecting the first securing mechanism comprises:\n connecting a first coupling nut to the first end of the housing; \n pressing, with the first coupling nut, a first washer longitudinally; \n compressing a first sealing gland between the first washer and the connection unit; and \n forming, with the compressed first sealing gland, a seal around the first cable; and \n connecting a second securing mechanism to the second end of the housing, wherein connecting the second securing mechanism comprises:\n connecting a second coupling nut to the second end of the housing; \n pressing, with the second coupling nut, a second washer longitudinally; \n compressing a second sealing gland between the second washer and the connection unit; and \n forming, with the compressed second sealing gland, a seal around the second cable.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.01754
- Patent Class: 439.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15434161', '15693842', '14873562', '10686204', '15756450']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7493917996420743
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4722519748101983
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7216778171588867
- Mean Citation Score: 179.84275
- Max Citation Score: 202.14049
- Similarity Product: 153.4270061416006

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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