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Internal combustion engine with partial deactivation and method for the operation of an internal combustion engine of said type

US9759138B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Moritz Klaus Springer · Hagen, DE
Helmut Hans Ruhland · Eschweiler, DE
Albert Breuer · Cologne, DE
Thomas Lorenz · Chesterfield, US
Jan Linsel · Cologne, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 10, 2013
Grant date	Sep 12, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 20, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T10/12
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A system is provided for an internal combustion engine including at least two cylinders, wherein the at least two cylinders form at least two groups, wherein each group has at least one cylinder, the at least one cylinder of at least one group being formed as a cylinder which can be activated in a load-dependent manner and which is deactivated if a predefined load is undershot. The at least two groups are characterized by different cylinder volumes, the at least one cylinder of a first group having a lesser cylinder volume and the at least one cylinder of a second group having a greater cylinder volume and configured as an activatable cylinder.

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