PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15760548
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["700", "287000"]

Abstract:
A method of reducing cold startup time of a genset includes providing a lubricant to the genset at predetermined time intervals before a genset startup. The lubricant is heated to a predetermined lubricant temperature using an external heating system. A high temperature coolant of the genset is heated to greater than a predetermined high temperature coolant temperature. The speed of the engine is ramped to a target speed continuously without pausing at a speed lower than the target speed. Genset electrical parameters of the genset are synchronized to utility grid or load electrical parameters of the utility grid or load. The genset is electrically coupled to the utility grid or load such that the synchronizing and electrically coupling are performed within a predetermined synchronization time. A fueling rate and a spark timing is adjusted based on a power being produced by the genset.

Claim (Index 20):
A control device for reducing a cold start time of a genset, the genset comprising an engine, a generator including a circuit breaker electrically coupleable to a utility grid or load, a lubricant system, a lubricant heating system, a speed control system, a high temperature coolant system, a fuel system, an ignition system, and a turbocharger system, the control device comprising:\n a controller comprising circuitry configured to:\n generate a lubricant control signal instructing the lubricant system to provide a lubricant to the genset at predetermined time intervals before a genset startup; \n generate a lubricant heating signal instructing the lubricant heating system to heat the lubricant to a predetermined lubricant temperature before a genset startup; \n generate a high temperature coolant system control signal instructing the high temperature coolant system to heat a high temperature coolant of the genset to greater than a predetermined high temperature coolant temperature before a genset startup; \n generate a speed control signal instructing the speed control system to ramp the speed of the genset monotonically to a target speed; \n generate a synchronizing signal instructing the generator to synchronize genset electrical parameters of the genset to load electrical parameters of the load; \n generate a circuit breaker control signal instructing the circuit breaker to close to electrically couple the generator to the load, the synchronizing and the electrically coupling performed within a predetermined synchronization time; \n generate a fuel system control signal instructing the fuel system to adjust a fueling rate based on a power being produced by the genset; and \n generate an ignition system control signal instructing the ignition system to adjust spark timing based on the power being produced by the genset.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 68.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.14286
- Patent Class: 700.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['12924774', '14414709', '12427783', '13804040', '11987545']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.4175851197864434
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4783863089387757
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4236652387016767
- Mean Citation Score: 206.37714600000004
- Max Citation Score: 211.92122
- Similarity Product: 156.19940188206908

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