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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2022
Tula Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Shikui Kevin Chen, Leander, TX (US);
Louis J. Serrano, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Vijay Srinivasan, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Elliott A. Ortiz-Soto, San Jose, CA (US);
Matthew A. Younkins, Campbell, CA (US);
Tula Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for controlling an internal combustion engine involving (1) cylinder trapping strategies where one of several pneumatic spring types are dynamically selected for cylinders based at least partially on a predicted number of upcoming skips for each of the cylinders respectively and/or (2) staggering various valvetrain dependent operational engine strategies as operating conditions permit as the internal combustion engine warms up following a cold start.