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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shinji Sadakane, Susono, JP;
Hiroyuki Sugihara, Suntou-gun, JP;
Noriyasu Adachi, Numazu, JP;
Keisuke Sasaki, Susono, JP;
Shigehiro Sugihira, Susono, JP;
Takayoshi Kawai, Susono, JP;
Kaoru Ohtsuka, Mishima, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
A control device is configured, if, although the control device has caused a cam switching device to perform a first cam switching operation for switching the profiles of all the valve-driving cams of a plurality of cylinders from a first profile to a second profile, the profiles of all the valve-driving cams of the plurality of cylinders do not coincide with the second profile, to cause the cam switching device to perform a second cam switching operation for switching the profile of the valve-driving cam for at least one or more normal cylinders that are one or more cylinders at which the switching of profiles to the second profile has succeeded.