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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (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;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 13/06 (2006.01); F02D 17/02 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F01L 13/08 (2006.01); F01L 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 17/026 (2013.01); F02D 13/06 (2013.01); F02D 41/0007 (2013.01); F02D 41/0087 (2013.01); F01L 13/08 (2013.01); F01L 2013/001 (2013.01); F02D 41/0082 (2013.01); F02D 2041/0012 (2013.01); Y02T 10/144 (2013.01); Y02T 10/18 (2013.01);
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.