PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15897262
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-02
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["123", "090150"]

Abstract:
A system and method of controlling an angular position of a camshaft relative to an angular position of a crankshaft includes detecting rotational movement of an electric motor output shaft controlling a camshaft phaser; detecting rotational movement of the crankshaft; determining the relative difference between the rotational movement of the electric motor output shaft and the rotational movement of the crankshaft; and determining whether the angular position of the camshaft relative to the angular position of the crankshaft is advancing, retarding, or remaining constant.

Claim (Index 6):
A method of controlling an angular position of a camshaft ( 18 ) relative to an angular position of a crankshaft ( 16 ), comprising the steps of:\n (a) receiving a signal from an electric phaser motor ( 34 ) that includes a plurality of pulses created in response to the rotation of an electric motor output shaft ( 46 ) controlling a camshaft phaser ( 14 ); (b) receiving a signal from a crank position sensor ( 32 ) that includes a plurality of pulses created based on the rotation of a crankshaft ( 16 ); (c) determining a ratio between the frequency of pulses received from the electric phaser motor ( 34 ) and the frequency of pulses received from the crank position sensor ( 32 ); (d) determining whether the ratio is higher than, lower than, or equal to a predetermined value; (e) determining that the angular position of the camshaft ( 18 ) relative to the angular position of the crankshaft ( 16 ) is advancing, retarding, or remaining constant based on step (d); and (f) changing the angular position of the camshaft ( 18 ) in response to step (e) by sending a signal to the electric phaser motor ( 34 ).

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 3.0
- Percentile: 88.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.43243
- Patent Class: 123.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14902625', '15315871', '14648098', '15318411', '15507776']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7555127790387248
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4959363071087429
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7295551318457266
- Mean Citation Score: 272.883204
- Max Citation Score: 300.78983
- Similarity Product: 244.5504397000193

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

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