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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2007
Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, Novi, MI (US);
Gang Song, Canton, MI (US);
John Ottavio Michelini, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, Novi, MI (US);
Gang Song, Canton, MI (US);
John Ottavio Michelini, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of control fueling of a cylinder in an internal combustion engine, the cylinder having at least two intake valves, the method comprising of operating in a first mode with one active intake valve and one inactive intake valve during a cycle of the cylinder operating in a second mode with two active intake valves during a cycle of the cylinder and adjusting a fuel injection from an injector configured to deliver fuel through at least the two intake valves, where the fuel injection adjustment is responsive to a transition in modes and based on whether the transition is from the first mode to the second mode, or from the second mode to the first mode.