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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Frank Kraemer, Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, DE;
Vanco Smiljanovski, Bedburg, DE;
Franz J. Brinkmann, Huerth-Efferen, DE;
Helmut Matthias Kindl, Aachen, DE;
Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Aachen, DE;
Hanno Friederichs, Aachen, DE;
Joerg Kemmerling, Monschau, DE;
Andreas Kuske, Geulle, NL;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Embodiments for operating an engine having parallel turbochargers and two fluidically coupleable, separated intake manifolds is provided. In one example, a method includes responsive to a first condition, operating a first cylinder group of an engine, deactivating a second cylinder group of the engine, and blocking fluidic communication between a first intake manifold coupled to the first cylinder group and a second intake manifold coupled to the second cylinder group, and responsive to a second condition, activating the second cylinder group and establishing fluidic communication between the first and second intake manifolds.