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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2001
Hermann Gaessler, Vaihingen, DE;
Udo Diehl, Stuttgart, DE;
Karsten Mischker, Leonberg, DE;
Rainer Walter, Pleidelsheim, DE;
Andreas Blumenstock, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Bernd Rosenau, Tamm, DE;
Juergen Schiemann, Markgroeningen, DE;
Christian Grosse, Kornwestheim, DE;
Georg Mallebrein, Korntal-Muenchingen, DE;
Volker Beuche, Stuttgart, DE;
Stefan Reimer, Markgroeningen, DE;
Hermann Gaessler, Vaihingen, DE;
Udo Diehl, Stuttgart, DE;
Karsten Mischker, Leonberg, DE;
Rainer Walter, Pleidelsheim, DE;
Andreas Blumenstock, Ludwigsburg, DE;
Bernd Rosenau, Tamm, DE;
Juergen Schiemann, Markgroeningen, DE;
Christian Grosse, Kornwestheim, DE;
Georg Mallebrein, Korntal-Muenchingen, DE;
Volker Beuche, Stuttgart, DE;
Stefan Reimer, Markgroeningen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method and a device for operating an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders are described, each cylinder having at least one intake valve and one exhaust valve having fully variable valve control, a fuel feed to at least one first cylinder of the plurality of cylinders being deactivated, a first quantity of fresh air being drawn in by opening the at least one intake valve of the at least one first cylinder in a first downward movement of the piston of the at least one first cylinder, and a second quantity of fresh air being ejected by opening the at least one exhaust valve with a first upward movement of the piston of the at least one first cylinder.