PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15746640
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["060", "682000"]

Abstract:
HVAC systems and methods for delivering highly efficient heating and cooling using ambient air as the working fluid. A plenum has an upstream inlet and a downstream outlet, each in fluid communication with a target space to be heated or cooled. Ambient air is drawn into the inlet at an incoming pressure and an incoming temperature. The inlet and outlet are gated, respectively, by first and second rotary pumps. A heat exchanger in the plenum transfers heat into or out of the air, provoking a change in air volume within the plenum. The systems and methods are configured to operate essentially between the working temperatures, T HIGH  and T LOW . This technique, called Convergent Refrigeration or counter-conditioning, provides for the reduction of excess refrigerant lift by optimization of the heat transfer temperature. Two Convergent Refrigeration systems can be arranged back-to-back through a common heat exchanger for ultra-high efficiency operation.

Claim (Index 13):
A thermodynamic system for transferring heat from a heat source to a heat sink, said system comprising:\n A. a supply-side sub-system in thermal communication with a heat source, B. a delivery-side sub-system in thermal communication with a heat sink, C. a heat transfer sub-system operatively disposed between said supply-side sub-system and said delivery-side sub-system for moving heat from said supply-side sub-system to said delivery-side sub-system, D. each of said supply-side and delivery-side sub-systems comprising:\n i. a plenum for a gaseous heat transfer medium, \n ii. an inlet gate disposed along said plenum at an upstream location, said inlet gate comprising a first pump, the gaseous medium having an incoming pressure and temperature entering said first pump, \n iii. an outlet gate disposed along said plenum at a downstream location, said outlet gate comprising a second pump, \n iv. a heat exchanger disposed within said plenum in-between said first and second pumps, said heat exchanger in direct thermal communication with said heat transfer sub-system.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 34.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.72632
- Patent Class: 60.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15241725', '12609876', '12601605', '11691535', '10551241']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7269320866781666
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5485324340779553
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7090921214181455
- Mean Citation Score: 277.539686
- Max Citation Score: 478.6135
- Similarity Product: 323.0660580814779

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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