PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15977903
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2018-09
Patent Classification: ["060", "612000"]

Abstract:
Cross-port air flow that improves engine fuel economy and reduces pumping losses during part-throttle operation can be implemented in various types of internal combustion engine systems using ports that interconnect the intake ports of different cylinders, thus allowing different cylinders to share combustion air. Cross-port air flow is commenced during part-throttle engine operation to disrupt the primary combustion air flow from each throttle to its associated cylinder, which reduces charge density and engine power. The engine compensates for the reduced power by incrementally opening the throttles, thus increasing the primary combustion air flow, reducing pumping losses and improving fuel economy.

Claim (Index 17):
The system of  claim 16  wherein the air flow equalizing system further comprises:\n a second 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 \n a third equalizing passage connecting the third intake port downstream of the third throttle plate to the fourth intake port downstream of the fourth throttle plate.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.69841
- Patent Class: 60.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: none
- Component Type: 0
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15669559', '15254138', '15724834', '15467708', '14849088']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.822934390258479
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5653044292519619
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7971713941578273
- Mean Citation Score: 467.367512
- Max Citation Score: 507.9565
- Similarity Product: 395.2627284772098

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

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