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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2008
Applicant:
Hiroshi Kuzuyama, Kariya, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Kuzuyama, Kariya, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 45/00 (2006.01); F02D 13/02 (2006.01); F02B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An ECU switches a combustion mode of an HCCI engine from HCCI combustion to spark ignition combustion. The ECU executes the following operations a) and b) before switching an intake lift amount from a first intake lift amount to a second intake lift amount: