PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16262206
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-01
Publication Date: 2019-05
Patent Classification: ["439", "076100"]

Abstract:
Described herein is a system and method for securing a printed circuit board without the use of screws in a housing assembly comprising a bottom housing made of plastic and a top housing made of metal. The top housing comprises a plurality of ribs. The bottom housing comprises a plurality of flexible snap arms each having a head portion, which includes an angled lower face, a horizontal crush rib, and a vertical crush rib. Upon coupling of the assembly, the ribs exert a horizontal force on the flexible snap arms resulting in climbing of the angled lower face further onto the printed circuit board. The horizontal force may also crush the horizontal crush ribs allowing for increased flexibility between the components to adjust for interference, preventing potential damage to the printed circuit board. Vertical forces may also crush the vertical crush ribs allowing for increased flexibility between the components.

Claim (Index 15):
The method for securing a printed circuit board of  claim 11 , wherein each flexible snap arm of the plurality of flexible snap arms comprises a head portion located above a plane of the printed circuit board.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 21.0
- Percentile: 99.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.19178
- Patent Class: 439.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15681016', '16314334', '14456943', '10789176', '14181233']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7324903766298787
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5776566526861483
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7170070042355057
- Mean Citation Score: 249.286642
- Max Citation Score: 479.32895
- Similarity Product: 415.0981548442721

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

Dataset: test