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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Hans Guenter Quix, Herzogenrath, DE;
Maziar Khosravi, Cologne, DE;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to an engine having a cylinder head which is divided into multiple sections which each delimit a combustion chamber of a cylinder of the engine and which each comprise inlet and outlet ducts, inlet and outlet valves, and a spark device which is fastened in a through hole of the cylinder head section, for at least one cylinder head section a throttle flap being provided for completely closing the corresponding inlet duct in the event of a deactivation of the associated cylinder. In the at least one cylinder head section, a first gas flow duct is formed between the through hole and the outlet duct, and the spark device is in the form of a rotary slide valve with integrated spark electrodes and is configured to selectively either keep the first gas flow duct closed or connect said first gas flow duct to the associated combustion chamber.