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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
May. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Donald J. Lewis, Howell, MI (US);
John D. Russell, Portland, OR (US);
Inventors:
Donald J. Lewis, Howell, MI (US);
John D. Russell, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02B 69/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided for controlling an engine having two cylinders, one of which having an adjustable valve. The method comprising performing a combustion in two cylinders having pistons, the combustions for said cylinders occurring during a common stroke of the pistons; increasing a number of strokes in a cycle of one of the two cylinders; and returning operation of the one of the two cylinders to four strokes, so that combustion of the one of the two cylinders occurs sequentially from the other of the two cylinders.