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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jorg Abthoff, Pluderhausen, DE;
Hans-Dieter Schuster, Schorndorf, DE;
Dag-Harald Huttebraucker, Weinstadt, DE;
Reiner Kreeb, Stuttgart, DE;
Marijan Laszlo, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1231 / ; 123 / ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine by connecting or disconnecting one or several of the cylinders with a throttling device provided in the suction system of the internal combustion engine; simultaneously with the connection or disconnection of the cylinder or cylinders, the position of the throttling device is so changed jump-like that the output of the internal combustion engine remains essentially unchanged.