PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15961422
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["439", "879000"]

Abstract:
A wedge connector system for connecting first and second elongate electrical conductors includes a C-shaped sleeve member, a wedge member and a locking mechanism. The sleeve member defines a sleeve cavity and opposed first and second sleeve channels on either side of the sleeve cavity. The wedge member includes a wedge body having first and second opposed wedge side walls. The locking mechanism includes a lock member including a sleeve engagement portion, and a clamping mechanism coupled to the wedge member. The sleeve member and the wedge member are configured to capture the first and second conductors such that the first conductor is received in the first sleeve channel between the sleeve member and the first wedge side wall and the second conductor is received in the second sleeve channel between the sleeve member and the second wedge side wall. The locking mechanism is mountable on the sleeve member and the wedge member such that the sleeve engagement portion interlocks with the sleeve member and the clamping mechanism can be operated to force the wedge member into the sleeve cavity to apply clamping loads on the first and second conductors.

Claim (Index 18):
The wedge connector system of  claim 17  wherein:\n the clamping mechanism further includes:\n an integral boss formed on the lock member; and \n a nut secured on the wedge member and threadedly engaged with the shaft of the bolt; \n \n the bolt and the nut cooperate to linearly displace the lock member responsive to rotation of the bolt; and \n the integral boss is configured to transfer a drive force from the bolt to the wedge member to force the wedge member into the sleeve cavity to apply a clamping load on the first and second conductors.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 11.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.14286
- Patent Class: 439.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12502743', '12190788', '11405279', '12183577', '12482921']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8210836818809085
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5143230544511381
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7904076191379314
- Mean Citation Score: 322.81355799999994
- Max Citation Score: 338.5062
- Similarity Product: 264.16197888171666

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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