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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Makoto Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Seinosuke Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Akinori Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsuneyasu Nohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Takemura, Yokohama, JP;
Takanobu Sugiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Shunichi Aoyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/34 ;
Abstract
In a VVA apparatus, when an actual lift amount detected by a lift-amount detecting sensor exceeds a basic lift-amount target value by a predetermined value or more, ECU corrects a lift phase through a lift-phase varying mechanism to separate from a piston TDC with respect to a basic lift-phase target value.