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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2009
Applicant:
Shuichi Ezaki, Susono, JP;
Inventor:
Shuichi Ezaki, Susono, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); F01L 1/34 (2006.01); F02M 25/07 (2006.01); F02D 13/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A six-cylinder engine includes a stop-cylinder-setting section. The stop-cylinder-setting section sets to-be-stopped cylinders such that cylinders operated in a four-cylinder operation mode (two cylinders stopped) are stopped in a two-cylinder operation mode (four cylinders stopped), and the cylinders operated in the two-cylinder operation mode are stopped in the four-cylinder operation mode. The stop-cylinder-setting section stops operations of intake valves corresponding to stopped cylinders in each operation mode.