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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2009
Hitoshi Toda, Okazaki, JP;
Masayuki Takagaki, Nukata-gun, JP;
Satoshi Yoshikawa, Otsu, JP;
Shinichi Murata, Okazaki, JP;
Nobuaki Murakami, Kyoto, JP;
Hitoshi Toda, Okazaki, JP;
Masayuki Takagaki, Nukata-gun, JP;
Satoshi Yoshikawa, Otsu, JP;
Shinichi Murata, Okazaki, JP;
Nobuaki Murakami, Kyoto, JP;
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a variable valve gear for an internal combustion engine provided with a camshaft phase change mechanism for variably controlling opening and closing timings of an intake valve, the camshaft phase change mechanism and a variable valve lift mechanism are controlled so that the closing timing of the intake valve is advanced beyond a predetermined range Tincluding a bottom dead center when a load L of the internal combustion engine is less than a first predetermined value Land that the closing timing of the intake valve is delayed beyond the predetermined range Twhen the load L of the internal combustion engine is not less than the first predetermined value L