PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16007144
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["399", "069000"]

Abstract:
A belt unit includes an endless belt including a metal layer, a heater including a heat generating element, a nip forming member including the heater, a metal stay, a temperature detecting element, a metal leaf spring, an insulating supporting member positioned inside the stay, a cord, and an insulating holder portion including an interposed portion interposed between an exposed portion of the leaf spring and the stay so as to provide insulation therebetween and for holding the supporting member.

Claim (Index 1):
A belt unit for forming a heating nip in cooperation with an opposing rotatable member, said belt unit comprising:\n an endless belt including a metal layer; a heater including a heat generating element generating heat by energization and configured to heat said endless belt in contact with an inner peripheral surface of said endless belt; a nip forming member including said heater and configured to sandwich said endless belt in cooperation with said rotatable member so as to form the heating nip; a metal stay configured to press said nip forming member toward said rotatable member; a temperature detecting element; a metal leaf spring configured to urge said temperature detecting element toward the inner peripheral surface of said endless belt; an insulating supporting member positioned inside said stay and configured to support said leaf spring; a cord configured to electrically connect with said temperature detecting element through said leaf spring; and an insulating holder portion including an interposed portion interposed between an exposed portion of said leaf spring and said stay so as to provide insulation therebetween and configured to hold said supporting member.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 34.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.95556
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15988454', '14704017', '14960682', '15427601', '15938874']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8293814653419329
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4858975539898558
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7950330742067252
- Mean Citation Score: 255.684342
- Max Citation Score: 274.31787
- Similarity Product: 227.71042997926003

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

Dataset: test