PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15977903
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["060", "612000"]

Abstract:
Cross-port air flow that improves engine fuel economy and reduces pumping losses during part-throttle operation can be implemented in various types of internal combustion engine systems using ports that interconnect the intake ports of different cylinders, thus allowing different cylinders to share combustion air. Cross-port air flow is commenced during part-throttle engine operation to disrupt the primary combustion air flow from each throttle to its associated cylinder, which reduces charge density and engine power. The engine compensates for the reduced power by incrementally opening the throttles, thus increasing the primary combustion air flow, reducing pumping losses and improving fuel economy.

Claim (Index 21):
The system of  claim 16  further comprising a third cylinder assembly comprising:\n a third cylinder; \n a third intake valve system comprising:\n a fifth intake valve controlling admission of combustion air to the third cylinder from a fifth intake port; and \n a sixth intake valve controlling admission of combustion air to the third cylinder from a sixth intake port; \n \n a third induction system comprising a third throttle mechanism, the third throttle mechanism comprising:\n a fifth throttle plate operationally affixed to control combustion air flow into the third cylinder through the fifth intake port; and \n a sixth throttle plate operationally affixed to control combustion air flow into the third cylinder through the sixth intake port; and \n \n wherein the air flow equalizing system further comprises:\n a fourth equalizing passage connecting the fourth intake port downstream of the fourth throttle plate to the fifth intake port downstream of the fifth throttle plate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.69841
- Patent Class: 60.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15669559', '15254138', '15724834', '15467708', '14849088']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8050962705806195
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5624650162881527
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7808331451513728
- Mean Citation Score: 467.367512
- Max Citation Score: 507.9565
- Similarity Product: 392.43365580409767

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

Dataset: test