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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2014
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Byong Young Choi, Bucheon-Si, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An engine that can implement cylinder deactivation (CDA) includes: a plurality of cylinders; a variable valve duration apparatus that is mounted in at least one of the plurality of cylinders and that performs a long duration mode and a short duration mode of an intake valve of a corresponding cylinder; a CDA apparatus that is mounted in at least another one of the plurality of cylinders and that performs a general operation mode and a CDA mode of an intake valve and an exhaust valve of a corresponding cylinder; and a controller that controls operation of the variable valve duration apparatus and the CDA apparatus according to an operation state of an engine, wherein the controller controls the variable valve duration apparatus to operate in a short duration mode, when the CDA apparatus operates in the CDA mode.