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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:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2004
Applicants:
Vince Winstead, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
John R. Grabowski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ilya Kolmanovsky, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Michael W. Degner, Novi, MI (US);
Alex O. Gibson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Vince Winstead, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
John R. Grabowski, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ilya Kolmanovsky, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Michael W. Degner, Novi, MI (US);
Alex O. Gibson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02P 9/00 (2006.01); F01L 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method to control spark in a cylinder of a multi-cylinder engine. Spark can be controlled in a cylinder based on operating conditions of a selectively operable valve.