PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16194870
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-11
Publication Date: 2019-03
Patent Classification: ["123", "568140"]

Abstract:
A rocker arm assembly includes an outer arm having first and second low lift lobe contacting surfaces, an inner arm, and a latch assembly. The inner arm includes first and second opposed sidewalls extending between a first end and a second end, and a high lift lobe contacting surface disposed between the first and second opposed sidewalls. The first end is pivotably secured to the outer arm and operably associated with an engine valve, and the second end is operably associated with a lash adjuster and defining a latch bore. The latch assembly is movable between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the latch assembly engages the outer arm such that the outer arm rotates with the inner arm, and in the second configuration, the latch assembly disengages the outer arm such that the outer arm rotates independently from the inner arm.

Claim (Index 21):
A vehicle comprising:\n an internal combustion engine comprising:\n a lash adjuster mounted to an engine block; \n an engine valve configured to selectively open and close an exhaust or intake passage; \n a rocker arm assembly coupled to the lash adjuster at a first end and engaged with the cylinder valve at a second end opposite the first end, the rocker arm assembly comprising:\n (a) an outer arm having first and second low lift lobe contacting surfaces; \n (b) an inner arm having first and second opposed sidewalls extending between a first end and a second end, and a high lift lobe contacting surface disposed between the first and second opposed sidewalls, the first end pivotably secured to the outer arm and engaged with the cylinder valve, and the second end pivotably secured to the lash adjuster and defining a latch bore; and \n (c) a latch assembly arranged at least partially within the latch bore, the latch assembly movable between a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein in the first configuration, the latch assembly engages the outer arm such that the outer arm rotates with the inner arm, and in the second configuration, the latch assembly disengages the outer arm such that the outer arm rotates independently from the inner arm; and \n \n a cam having a high lift lobe and two low lift lobes, each of the high and low lift lobes including an actuating portion and a non-actuating portion, the cam rotating during operation of the internal combustion engine such that the actuating portions interact with the rocker arm assembly to rotate at least one of the inner and outer arms; and \n an oil control valve system comprising an engine control unit (ECU) in signal communication with an oil control valve fluidly coupled to the latch assembly, the oil control valve configured to selectively supply a pressurized oil to the latch assembly to move the latch assembly between the first configuration and the second configuration.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 98.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.89091
- Patent Class: 123.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15649029', '15418188', '14938411', '14049460', '15790956']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.8041292562975122
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.596865341421203
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7834028648098813
- Mean Citation Score: 439.18068200000016
- Max Citation Score: 544.17535
- Similarity Product: 514.6033667757272

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

Dataset: test