PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16227171
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-12
Publication Date: 2019-04
Patent Classification: ["399", "090000"]

Abstract:
A replaceable unit for an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example includes a housing having a toner reservoir. An electrical connector mounted on the housing is movable between a retracted position and an operative position. The electrical connector includes an electrical contact for contacting a corresponding electrical contact in the image forming device. The electrical contact is electrically connected to processing circuitry on the housing. In the retracted position, the electrical connector is tucked into a portion of the housing. In the operative position, the electrical connector is exposed to permit the electrical contact to contact the corresponding electrical contact in the image forming device. A linkage is operatively connected to the electrical connector and includes an engagement surface accessible on an exterior of the housing to receive an actuation force. Movement of the linkage moves the electrical connector between the retracted position and the operative position.

Claim (Index 10):
A toner cartridge for use in an electrophotographic image forming device, comprising:\n a housing having a top, a bottom, a front and a rear positioned between a first side and a second side of the housing, the housing has a reservoir for holding toner; an outlet port in fluid communication with the reservoir and facing downward on the front of the housing for exiting toner from the toner cartridge; an electrical connector on the first side of the housing, the electrical connector is movable between a retracted position and an operative position, the electrical connector includes an electrical contact for contacting a corresponding electrical contact in the image forming device when the electrical connector is in the operative position, the electrical connector and the electrical contact of the toner cartridge move upward toward the top of the housing when the electrical connector moves from the retracted position to the operative position, the electrical connector and the electrical contact of the toner cartridge move downward toward the bottom of the housing when the electrical connector moves from the operative position to the retracted position, the electrical contact of the toner cartridge is electrically connected to processing circuitry mounted on the housing, the electrical contact of the toner cartridge is positioned within a pocket of the electrical connector, the pocket includes an opening that faces upward when the electrical connector is in the operative position permitting the corresponding electrical contact in the image forming device to enter the pocket from above, the electrical connector includes a downward extending slit on an inner side of the pocket proximate to the reservoir for receiving a post on the corresponding electrical contact in the image forming device for guiding the corresponding electrical contact in the image forming device relative to the electrical connector along a front-to-rear dimension of the housing as the electrical connector moves upward from the retracted position to the operative position and downward from the operative position to the retracted position, wherein at least a portion of an inner surface of the inner side of the pocket that faces into the pocket tapers outward sideways in a direction from the top of the housing toward the bottom of the housing for guiding the corresponding electrical contact in the image forming device relative to the electrical connector along a side-to-side dimension of the housing as the electrical connector moves upward from the retracted position to the operative position and downward from the operative position to the retracted position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 20.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.60656
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15386034', '15655943', '14967552', '15948252', '15138380']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8711630928129509
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5646329209978892
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8405100756314448
- Mean Citation Score: 430.980588
- Max Citation Score: 462.5595
- Similarity Product: 458.6089778706729

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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