PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16371597
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2019-04
Publication Date: 2019-09
Patent Classification: ["180", "002200"]

Abstract:
A through the road (TTR) hybridization strategy is proposed to facilitate introduction of hybrid electric vehicle technology in a significant portion of current and expected trucking fleets. In some cases, the technologies can be retrofitted onto an existing vehicle (e.g., a trailer, a tractor-trailer configuration, etc.). In some cases, the technologies can be built into new vehicles. In some cases, one vehicle may be built or retrofitted to operate in tandem with another and provide the hybridization benefits contemplated herein. By supplementing motive forces delivered through a primary drivetrain and fuel-fed engine with supplemental torque delivered at one or more electrically-powered drive axles, improvements in overall fuel efficiency and performance may be delivered, typically without significant redesign of existing components and systems that have been proven in the trucking industry.

Claim (Index 1):
An apparatus comprising:\n a towed vehicle for use in combination with a towing vehicle, the towed vehicle having an electrically powered drive axle configured to supply supplemental torque to one or more wheels of the towed vehicle and to thereby supplement, while the towed vehicle travels over a roadway and in at least some modes of operation, primary motive forces applied through a separate drivetrain of the towing vehicle; an energy store on the towed vehicle, the energy store configured to supply the electrically powered drive axle with electrical power and further configured to receive energy recovered using the drive axle in a regenerative braking mode of operation; and an auxiliary power unit (APU) interface to supply electrical power from the energy store to the towing vehicle.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 1.0
- Percentile: 100.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.61538
- Patent Class: 180.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15721371', '15721410', '15669762', '15948280', '15144775']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7191297392026067
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5093666791423123
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6981534331965773
- Mean Citation Score: 208.110522
- Max Citation Score: 310.23175
- Similarity Product: 296.04283814720816

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