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 10):
An internal combustion engine system comprising:\n a first cylinder assembly comprising:\n a first cylinder having a first cylinder displacement; \n a first intake valve system comprising a first intake valve controlling admission of combustion air to the first cylinder from a first intake port; \n a first exhaust valve system comprising a first exhaust valve controlling discharge of exhaust gas from the first cylinder to a first exhaust port; \n a first induction system comprising a first throttle mechanism affixed in close proximity to the first intake valve system; and \n a first turbocharger comprising:\n a first turbine inlet affixed in close proximity to the first exhaust valve; \n a first compressor inlet; and \n a first bypass valve connecting the first compressor inlet to a combustion air source; \n \n a second cylinder assembly comprising:\n a second cylinder having a second cylinder displacement; \n a second intake valve system comprising a second intake valve controlling admission of combustion air to the second cylinder from a second intake port; \n a second exhaust valve system comprising a second exhaust valve controlling discharge of exhaust gas from the second cylinder to a second exhaust port; \n a second induction system comprising a second throttle mechanism affixed in close proximity to the second intake valve system; and \n a second turbocharger comprising:\n a second turbine inlet affixed in close proximity to the second exhaust valve; \n a second compressor inlet; and \n a second bypass valve connecting the second compressor inlet to the combustion air source; and \n \n an idle air flow equalizing system comprising a first equalizing passage connecting the first intake port downstream of the first throttle plate to the second intake port downstream of the second throttle plate; and an exhaust gas balancing port system comprising a first balancing passage connecting the first exhaust port upstream of the first turbocharger turbine inlet to the second exhaust port upstream of the second turbocharger turbine inlet wherein each bypass valve directs combustion air flow between the combustion air source and a connected compressor inlet when the bypass valve is in its turbocharger feed position and further wherein each bypass valve directs combustion air flow between the combustion air source and one or more of the first and second induction systems when the bypass valve is in its bypass 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): 0.7978491213738558
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.6134635088193453
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7794105601184047
- Mean Citation Score: 555.61848
- Max Citation Score: 560.90485
- Similarity Product: 547.1236918859959

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

Dataset: test