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 15):
The engine system of  claim 10  wherein comprises a first throttle plate operationally affixed to control combustion air flow into the first cylinder through the first intake port, wherein the first throttle plate and the first intake valve define a first throttle-to-intake volume in the first intake port, wherein the first throttle-to-intake volume is less than or equal to 80% of the first cylinder displacement;\n further wherein the second throttle mechanism comprises a second throttle plate operationally affixed to control combustion air flow into the second cylinder through the second intake port, wherein the second throttle plate and the second intake valve define a second throttle-to-intake volume in the second intake port, wherein the second throttle-to-intake volume is less than or equal to 80of the second cylinder displacement; \n further wherein a first exhaust-to-turbine volume between the first exhaust valve and the first turbine inlet is less than 80% of the first cylinder displacement; and \n further wherein a second exhaust-to-turbine volume between the second exhaust valve and the second turbine inlet is less than 80% of the second cylinder displacement.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 8.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.80519
- Patent Class: 60.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15467708', '15254138', '15724834', '15669559', '16144975']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.823141594284552
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5874914354930306
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7995765784053999
- Mean Citation Score: 555.61848
- Max Citation Score: 560.90485
- Similarity Product: 434.9251764919758

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

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