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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Bas Lambertus van den Heuvel, Wijnandsrade, NL;
Wilbert Hemink, Landgraaf, NL;
Richard Fritsche, Herzogenrath, DE;
Claudia Conee, Herzogenrath, DE;
Werner Willems, Aachen, DE;
Franz Arnd Sommerhoff, Aachen, DE;
Christian Hans, Hergenrath, BE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 1/34 (2006.01); F01L 13/00 (2006.01); F01L 1/344 (2006.01); F01L 9/02 (2006.01); F01L 1/047 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01L 13/0021 (2013.01); F01L 1/3442 (2013.01); F01L 9/025 (2013.01); F01L 1/34416 (2013.01); F01L 2001/0473 (2013.01); F01L 2001/34423 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method is provided for an at least partially variable valve drive in an internal combustion engine. In one example, the at least partially variable valve drive comprises a hydraulically adjustable actuating device which may be charged with pressurized oil via an oil pressure line which branches off from an oil circuit.