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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2008
AL Henry Berger, Brownstown, MI (US);
Vince Paul Solferino, Dearborn, MI (US);
Al Henry Berger, Brownstown, MI (US);
Vince Paul Solferino, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for controlling an internal combustion engine operable with a first cylinder firing frequency and a second cylinder firing frequency to reduce or eliminate transmission of torsional vibrations associated with the second cylinder firing frequency to reduce or eliminate constraints on reduced displacement mode operation using a closely coupled drive train component rotating in an opposite direction relative to rotating components of the engine. A close coupling device allows the inertia of the counter-rotating elements to reduce or eliminate the torque reaction of the drivetrain associated with acceleration and deceleration of the engine crankshaft in response to the second cylinder firing frequency in the reduced displacement mode.