PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15883257
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-08
Patent Classification: ["123", "041090"]

Abstract:
A vehicle thermal management system includes an engine, a coolant pump, a first heat exchanger, a first valve in communication with the first heat exchanger, a second valve having a plurality of outlets, a second heat exchanger in communication with a first of the plurality of outlets, a third heat exchanger in communication with a second of the plurality of outlets, a bypass fluid conduit in communication with a third of the plurality of outlets, and a controller that determines a first potential benefit based upon a loss function of the second heat exchanger, determines a second potential benefit based upon a loss function of the third heat exchanger, compares the first potential to the second potential, and proportionally distributes flow between the first heat exchanger, the second heat exchanger, the third heat exchanger, and the bypass fluid conduit based upon the comparison.

Claim (Index 10):
A method for controlling a thermal management system in a vehicle that includes an engine producing heat energy and having a coolant inlet and a plurality of coolant outlets, a coolant pump having an outlet in communication with the engine coolant inlet, a radiator having a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet, wherein the radiator exchanges heat between the coolant and an atmosphere surrounding the radiator, a first valve having a coolant inlet in communication with the coolant outlet of the radiator and having a coolant outlet in fluid communication with the coolant pump and operable to control a flow of coolant through the radiator, a second valve having a plurality of coolant inlets each in communication with one of the plurality of engine coolant outlets and having a coolant outlet, a third valve having a coolant inlet in communication with the coolant outlet of the second valve and having a plurality of valve coolant outlets, a cabin heater core having a coolant inlet in communication with a first of the plurality of valve coolant outlets of the third valve and a coolant outlet in communication with the pump coolant inlet, one of an engine oil heat exchanger and a transmission fluid heat exchanger having a coolant inlet in communication with a second of the plurality of valve coolant outlets of the third valve and a coolant outlet in communication with the pump coolant inlet, and a bypass fluid conduit having a coolant inlet in communication with a third of the plurality of valve coolant outlets of the third valve and a coolant outlet in communication with the pump coolant inlet, the method comprising:\n determining a first potential benefit based upon a loss function of one of the radiator, the cabin heater core, the engine oil heat exchanger, and the transmission fluid heat exchanger; determining a second potential benefit based upon a loss function of another one of the radiator, the cabin heater core, the engine oil heat exchanger, and the transmission fluid heat exchanger; comparing the first potential benefit to the second potential benefit; and operating at least one of the first valve, the second valve, and the third valve to proportionally distribute coolant flow between the radiator, the cabin heater core, the engine oil heat exchanger, the transmission fluid heat exchanger, and the bypass fluid conduit based upon a result of the comparison.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 44.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 3.3617
- Patent Class: 123.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['12625521', '13905497', '13338657', '14312731', '11063366']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7554117563425256
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4792757750535811
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7277981582136311
- Mean Citation Score: 257.098068
- Max Citation Score: 269.54245
- Similarity Product: 237.6886203118324

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

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