PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16166643
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-10
Publication Date: 2019-02
Patent Classification: ["701", "022000"]

Abstract:
Systems, methods and apparatus for controlling operation a hybrid powertrain are disclosed that use low power storage and motor/generator components in line haul operations. In one embodiment, a line haul drive cycle includes a low power motor/generator executing a power assistance operation of the hybrid powertrain powered by electricity from a low power storage responsive to a monitoring by a line haul controller of ascensions of the hybrid vehicle at or near a constant speed over an uneven terrain. The line haul drive cycle further includes the low power motor/generator executing a regenerative braking operation of the hybrid powertrain supplying captured electric energy to the low power storage responsive to a monitoring by the line haul controller of descensions of the hybrid vehicle at or near the constant speed over the uneven terrain.

Claim (Index 28):
A method comprising:\n providing a vehicle system including a motor/generator, a battery having a C-rate less than 0.9 C, power electronics operatively coupled with the motor/generator and the battery and structured to selectably convert AC electrical power output by the motor/generator to DC power and convert DC power output by the battery to AC power, and an electronic control system operatively coupled with the motor generator, the battery, and the power electronics; initiating a line haul hybrid operating mode in response to a determination by the electronic control system of uneven terrain involving repeated uphill and downhill operation of the vehicle system, operating the power electronics during uphill operation of the vehicle system to drive the motor/generator to output mechanical power using power discharged from the battery, operating the power electronics during downhill operation of the vehicle system to charge the battery using power provided by motor/generator, and controlling the discharging and charging of the battery to a rate equal to or less than the C-rate of the battery.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 59.0
- Percentile: 97.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.19048
- Patent Class: 701.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15421530', '15233576', '15781672', '14101699', '13465194']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.435830637849652
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5009687070456296
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.4423444447692498
- Mean Citation Score: 178.55198800000005
- Max Citation Score: 276.3054
- Similarity Product: 211.1848913308382

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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