PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16064015
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["439", "843000"]

Abstract:
A terminal fitting ( 10 ) includes an electrical contact ( 20 ) with a facing surface ( 21 ) facing a contact surface ( 81 ) of a mating terminal ( 80 ). A canted coil spring ( 50 ) that is made of a conductive wire material ( 51 ) has a wound surface inclined with respect to the coil axis (L) of the canted coil spring ( 60 ). The coil axis (L) is parallel with the facing surface ( 21 ) of the electrical contact member ( 20 ). The canted coil spring ( 50 ) is sandwiched between the mating terminal ( 80 ) and the electrical contact member ( 20 ) when the mating terminal ( 80 ) and the electrical contact member ( 20 ) approach each other. A holder shaft ( 40 ) is inserted in the canted coil spring ( 50 ) to hold the canted coil spring ( 50 ) in a posture where the coil axis L is parallel with the facing surface ( 21 ) of the electrical contact member ( 20 ).

Claim (Index 1):
A terminal fitting comprising:\n an electrical contact member that has an facing surface configured to face a contact surface provided to a mating terminal, wherein the electrical contact member is configured to be connected to an external circuit; a canted coil spring that is in the shape of a coil of multiple turns of a conductive wire material and has a wound surface inclined with respect to the coil axis of the canted coil spring, the coil axis being disposed in parallel with the facing surface of the electrical contact member, wherein the canted coil spring is configured to be sandwiched between the mating terminal and the electrical contact member when the mating terminal and the electrical contact member approach each other; and a holder shaft provided to the electrical contact member and inserted in the canted coil spring to hold the canted coil spring in a posture where the coil axis is parallel with the facing surface of the electrical contact member, wherein the canted coil spring in a natural state is in an elliptic shape when viewed from the winding direction, and when the electrical contact member and the mating terminal approach each other, thereby the canted coil spring is sandwiched between the electrical contact member and the mating terminal, the canted coil spring is crushed in the direction of a minor axis of the elliptic shape and is further inclined toward the coil axis.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.28814
- Patent Class: 439.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15770788', '16314741', '15770784', '16314695', '13812789']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7650017241975302
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4723212812837017
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7357336799061474
- Mean Citation Score: 223.757084
- Max Citation Score: 243.66388
- Similarity Product: 215.59951287216663

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

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