Patent ID: 7028650
Filing Date: 2006-04-18
Classification: F02D,F02M,Y02T

Abstract:
1. A system for selecting and controlling electrically actuated valves to operate in at least a cylinder of an internal combustion engine, the system comprising: a cylinder head of said cylinder having at least two regions, each region having an electrically actuated valve; and a controller to select a valve operating mode, based on an operating condition of at least an electrically actuated valve, wherein said operating mode selects at least an intake valve of said cylinder located in at least one region of said first and second region, and to operate said selected intake valve, without operating a non-selected intake valve, during at least an intake stroke of a cycle of said cylinder, and to operate said non-selected intake valve during at least an intake stroke of a subsequent cycle of said cylinder, without operating said selected intake valve.