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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2021
Applicant:

Powerhouse Engine Solutions Switzerland Ip Holding Gmbh, Zug, CH;

Inventors:

Atul George Tharakan, Bangalore, IN;

James Robert Mischler, Erie, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/00 (2006.01); F02B 37/007 (2006.01); F02D 41/06 (2006.01); F02D 41/14 (2006.01); F02D 41/18 (2006.01); F01N 13/10 (2010.01); F02M 35/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 41/0087 (2013.01); F02B 37/007 (2013.01); F02D 41/0082 (2013.01); F02D 41/0085 (2013.01); F02D 41/062 (2013.01); F02D 41/1446 (2013.01); F02D 41/1454 (2013.01); F02D 41/182 (2013.01); F01N 13/107 (2013.01); F02D 41/1443 (2013.01); F02D 2200/0406 (2013.01); F02D 2200/1002 (2013.01); F02M 35/10045 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various methods and systems are provided for dynamically assigning cylinders to cylinder sets in engines having two or more cylinder banks, wherein each cylinder bank is fed intake air by a separate intake manifold, and wherein each cylinder bank includes a separate exhaust manifold. In one example, the current disclosure teaches comparing engine operating conditions against a plurality of predetermined override conditions, and responding to the engine operating conditions matching a predetermined override condition of the plurality of predetermined override conditions by reassigning at least a first cylinder of a first cylinder bank from a first cylinder set to a second cylinder set, and adjusting an operating parameter of the second cylinder set and first cylinder set based on the override condition. In this way, cylinders may be dynamically assigned to cylinder sets based, from a default cylinder set, based on occurrence of predetermined override conditions.


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