PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16144787
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-09
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["060", "612000"]

Abstract:
Synergistic induction and turbocharging includes the use of one or more throttles in close proximity to each cylinder intake valve to control air flow in each intake port delivering air to combustion cylinders in an internal combustion engine system. A turbocharger may also be affixed in close proximity to each cylinder exhaust valve to enable a synergistic combination of hyper-filling cylinders with combustion air and immediate harvesting of exhaust gas by adjacent turbochargers. In some implementations the turbochargers may be low-inertia turbochargers. The combination of individual throttles per intake port and a turbocharger in close proximity to each cylinder enables faster ramp-up of an engine in the early stages of acceleration. Various implementations thus provide improved fuel economy and improved engine performance in tandem, instead of one at the expense of the other.

Claim (Index 19):
An internal combustion engine system comprising:\n a plurality of combustion cylinder assemblies, wherein each combustion cylinder assembly comprises:\n a cylinder having a cylinder displacement; \n an intake valve system comprising an intake valve controlling admission of combustion air to the cylinder from an intake port; \n an exhaust valve system comprising an exhaust valve controlling discharge of exhaust gas from the cylinder to an exhaust port; \n an induction system comprising a throttle mechanism comprising a throttle operationally affixed to control air flow through the intake port, wherein the throttle and the intake valve define a throttle-to-intake volume in an intake channel, wherein the throttle-to-intake volume is less than or equal to 80% of the cylinder displacement; and \n a turbocharging system for each cylinder, wherein each turbocharging system comprises a turbocharger comprising a compressor inlet and a turbine inlet, wherein the turbine inlet and the exhaust valve define a exhaust-to-turbine volume that is less than or equal to 80% of the cylinder displacement; and \n a turbocharger bypass valve configured to control combustion air flow from a combustion air source to:\n each induction system when the turbocharger bypass valve is in a bypass position; and \n each compressor inlet when the turbocharger bypass valve is in a turbocharger feed position.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.80519
- Patent Class: 60.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15467708', '15254138', '15724834', '15669559', '16144975']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7984058101132442
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6113685581129563
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7797020849132155
- Mean Citation Score: 555.61848
- Max Citation Score: 560.90485
- Similarity Product: 538.6945475988031

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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