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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Farzad Sahandiesfanjani, San Jose, CA (US);
Chris Hand, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Mohammad Pirjaberi, San Jose, CA (US);
Adya S. Tripathi, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Farzad Sahandiesfanjani, San Jose, CA (US);
Chris Hand, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Mohammad Pirjaberi, San Jose, CA (US);
Adya S. Tripathi, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tula Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02D 28/00 (2006.01); F02D 17/02 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A variety of methods and arrangements for improving the fuel efficiency of internal combustion engines are described. In some aspects, methods and arrangements are described for operating an engine in a throttled skip fire mode. In other aspects, methods and arrangements are described for controlling the operational state of a variable displacement engine.