Method and system for an engine

US10267240B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Franz Arnd Sommerhoff · Aachen, DE
• Joerg Kemmerling · Monschau, DE
• Vanco Smiljanovski · Bedburg, DE
• Helmut Matthias Kindl · Aachen, DE
• Werner Willems · Aachen, DE
• Andreas Kuske · Geulle, NL

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 7, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 23, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 13, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/12
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for a variable displacement engine. In one example, a method may include flowing charge air from a deactivated cylinder to an adjacent firing cylinder.