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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Phillip Bonkoski, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Amey Karnik, Canton, MI (US);
William Cunningham, Milan, MI (US);
Gregory McConville, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kim Hwe Ku, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for controlling camshaft phasers of a variable displacement engine. In one example, the engine includes first and second cylinder banks, with the engine being configured to operate in a rolling variable displacement mode. The camshaft phasers are torque actuated camshaft phasers, and a controller of the engine may adjust operation of camshaft phasers at the first cylinder bank differently than camshaft phasers at the second cylinder bank.