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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 13/00 (2006.01); F01L 1/24 (2006.01); F01L 1/047 (2006.01); F01L 1/08 (2006.01); F01L 1/18 (2006.01); F01L 1/14 (2006.01); F01L 1/053 (2006.01); F01L 1/20 (2006.01); F02B 73/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 13/0005 (2013.01); F01L 1/047 (2013.01); F01L 1/08 (2013.01); F01L 1/24 (2013.01); F01L 1/14 (2013.01); F01L 1/18 (2013.01); F01L 1/20 (2013.01); F01L 2001/0537 (2013.01); F01L 2001/186 (2013.01); F01L 2013/001 (2013.01); F01L 2105/00 (2013.01); F01L 2250/02 (2013.01); F01L 2250/04 (2013.01); F01L 2800/08 (2013.01); F02B 73/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for an engine including cams having different lobe profiles. In one example, cams of a first cam group drive a plurality of deactivatable cylinder valves and cams of a second cam group drive a plurality of non-deactivatable cylinder valves. The cams of the first cam group include a different lobe profile relative to cams of the second cam group.