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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2007
Applicant:
Torsten Schulz, Yongin-Si, KR;
Inventor:
Torsten Schulz, Yongin-Si, KR;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 7/00 (2006.01); F02D 17/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An internal combustion engine includes multiple cylinders. A partial set of the cylinders may be temporarily shut off. Fuel is introduced briefly into at least one of the shut off cylinders and combusted in an at least essentially torque-neutral way during the cylinder shut off period.