- Patent Title: Variable displacement engine including different cam lobe profiles
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Application No.: US15717850Application Date: 2017-09-27
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Publication No.: US10677111B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Danny Nakhle , Kevin Shinners , Robert Stephen Furby
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: McCoy Russell LLP
- Agent Geoffrey Brumbaugh
- Main IPC: F01L13/00
- IPC: F01L13/00 ; F01L1/24 ; F01L1/047 ; F01L1/08 ; F01L1/18 ; F01L1/14 ; F01L1/053 ; F01L1/20 ; F02B73/00
Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided for an engine including cams having different lobe profiles. In one example, cams of a first cam group drive a plurality of deactivatable cylinder valves and cams of a second cam group drive a plurality of non-deactivatable cylinder valves. The cams of the first cam group include a different lobe profile relative to cams of the second cam group.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190093525A1 VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT ENGINE INCLUDING DIFFERENT CAM LOBE PROFILES Public/Granted day:2019-03-28
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