PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16050361
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2020-02
Patent Classification: ["null", "null"]

Abstract:
A locomotive propulsion system onboard a locomotive platform includes a traction motor, a propulsion electrical storage device, an ancillary electrical storage device, and a controller. The propulsion electrical storage device is electrically connected to the traction motor via a propulsion circuit, and the ancillary electrical storage device is electrically connected to the traction motor via an ancillary circuit. The controller is configured to direct the ancillary electrical storage device to supply electric current to the traction motor via the ancillary circuit to power the traction motor during an elevated demand period. At an end of the elevated demand period, the controller is configured to control the ancillary circuit to stop conducting electric current from the ancillary electrical storage device and to direct the propulsion electrical storage device to supply electric current to the traction motor via the propulsion circuit to power the traction motor.

Claim (Index 16):
A vehicle propulsion system comprising:\n a vehicle platform; plural axles and wheels operably coupled to the platform; a traction motor attached to the platform and operably coupled to at least one of the axles; a propulsion electrical storage device electrically connected to the traction motor via a propulsion circuit, the propulsion electrical storage device configured to power the traction motor to provide tractive effort to propel the vehicle along a route; an ancillary electrical storage device electrically connected to the traction motor via an ancillary circuit, the ancillary electrical storage device being a different type of electrical storage device than the propulsion electrical storage device; and a controller having one or more processors and operatively connected to the propulsion circuit and the ancillary circuit, wherein the controller is configured to direct the ancillary electrical storage device to supply electric current to the traction motor via the ancillary circuit to power the traction motor during an elevated demand period, wherein, at an end of the elevated demand period, the controller is configured to control the ancillary circuit to stop conducting electric current from the ancillary electrical storage device and to direct the propulsion electrical storage device to supply electric current to the traction motor via the propulsion circuit to power the traction motor, wherein the ancillary electrical storage device charges and discharges faster than the propulsion electrical storage device, and the propulsion electrical storage device has a greater energy storage capacity than the ancillary electrical storage device.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 28.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.47727
- Patent Class: nan
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['10914731', '11681597', '11681557', '11745179', '10878804']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.5461672526408908
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4922329315165316
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.5407738205284549
- Mean Citation Score: 238.973846
- Max Citation Score: 249.13452
- Similarity Product: 189.56123434976573

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

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