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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:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Francis Stockhausen, Northville, MI (US);
Mazen Hammoud, Dearborn, MI (US);
Thomas George Leone, Dearborn, MI (US);
Diana Dawn Brehob, Dearborn, MI (US);
John D. Russell, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/34 ;
Abstract
A method for controlling intake valves in an internal combustion with intake valves operated by more than one type of actuation device includes steps to accomplish smooth transitions among intake valve operating modes.