Patent ID: 7757489

Claim:
An engine configuration, comprising: a first exhaust gas tract; a second exhaust gas tract; an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, at least some of said cylinders being assigned to said first exhaust gas tract; said internal combustion engine having a turbocharger with a turbine assigned to said first exhaust gas tract, at least one of said cylinders assigned to said first exhaust gas tract supplying exhaust gas to said turbine of said turbocharger; a bypass exhaust gas line in fluid connection with said first exhaust gas tract, said bypass exhaust gas line exhausting combustion exhaust gas, said bypass exhaust gas line starting at least one but fewer than all of said cylinders assigned to said first exhaust gas tract and bypassing said turbocharger; and said at least one of said cylinders, at which said bypass exhaust gas line starts, supplying no exhaust gas to said turbine of said turbocharger and said at least one of said cylinders having a throughput through said at least one of said cylinders, the throughput through said at least one of said cylinders being controlled in dependence of at least one engine characteristic selected from the group consisting of an engine load and an engine speed.