Patent ID: 7050900

Claim:
A dynamically re-configurable internal combustion engine coupled to operation of a vehicle comprising: one or more cylinder units each with expanding and contracting cylinder volume and associated stroke sequences; each cylinder unit having an intake port and an electronically controllable intake valve component having multiple states under computer control; each cylinder unit having an exhaust port and an electronically controllable exhaust valve component having multiple states under computer control; each cylinder unit having an electronic fuel injector component having multiple states under computer control; each cylinder unit having an airfuel mixture ignition means for igniting an airfuel mixture in the cylinder volume, said ignition means under computer control; each cylinder unit having a programmable software logic switch for selecting a first stroke sequence for combusting a compressed air-fuel mixture for a power stroke and for selecting a second stroke sequence for expelling compressed air for alternate use, said switching means under computer control; a computer usable medium; and a computer control system comprising computer readable program logic embodied in the computer usable medium for controlling the steps of selecting component states to provide alterable cylinder unit stroke sequences.