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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1981
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Werner Bruder, Remseck, DE;
Roland Merkle, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1231 / ; 123 9012 ; 123 9015 ; 123 9032 ;
Abstract
A switching means for effecting a shutoff of valves of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine wherein a servomechanism is provided which, upon a shutting off of the valves, acts upon an interposed energy storage arrangement in such a way that a spring-loaded leading mass of the energy storage arrangement, after a predetermined lead path, entrains an element connected with adjusting members for shutting off the valves.