Idling controller of variable displacement engine
US4494502A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 10, 1983 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 10, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02F7/006
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An idling controller for a variable displacement engine which is capable of operating either in a partial-cylinder or an all-cylinder mode by varying the number of cylinders in operation. When the engine runs at idle, the idling controller assures optimum operation for either cylinder operating mode by varying the quantity of air intake according to the number of cylinders in operation, providing an improvement in both fuel mileage and strating performance, one or the other of which has had to be sacrified conventionally.
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