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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Amey Y. Karnik, Canton, MI (US);
Stephen Lee Cooper, Hamtramck, MI (US);
Adam Nathan Banker, Canton, MI (US);
Michael Howard Shelby, Plymouth, MI (US);
John Eric Rollinger, Troy, MI (US);
Adam J. Richards, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for activating and deactivating cylinders of an engine that may activate and deactivate one cylinder independent of other cylinders are presented. In one example, an engine cylinder firing fraction and a remainder value that is based on the engine cylinder firing fraction are a basis for activating and deactivating engine cylinders. The systems and methods also provide for transitioning between different cylinder firing fractions.