Reducing noise, vibration, and harshness in a variable displacement engine
US8146565B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 15, 2008 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF02D2250/28
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for operating an engine of a vehicle, the engine having one or more deactivatable cylinders, the method including controlling the stability of a vehicle in response to vehicle acceleration, and reactivating or deactivating combustion in at least a cylinder in response to vehicle acceleration.
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