F02D 17/02
Cutting-out
Official title: Cutting-out (cutting-out engines in multiple engine arrangements F02D25/04)
F02D17/02 (Cutting-out) appears on 1,038 US grants and 820 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F02D- Granted patents
- 1,038
- Published applications
- 820
- Assignees
- 180
- Inventors
- 1,586
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 17 | 0 |
| 1979 | 13 | 0 |
| 1980 | 22 | 0 |
| 1981 | 22 | 0 |
| 1982 | 18 | 0 |
| 1983 | 27 | 0 |
| 1984 | 23 | 0 |
| 1985 | 10 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 9 | 0 |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 9 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 13 | 0 |
| 1999 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 4 |
| 2002 | 18 | 18 |
| 2003 | 11 | 10 |
| 2004 | 25 | 27 |
| 2005 | 24 | 36 |
| 2006 | 36 | 24 |
| 2007 | 35 | 41 |
| 2008 | 26 | 27 |
| 2009 | 21 | 24 |
| 2010 | 13 | 22 |
| 2011 | 12 | 27 |
| 2012 | 17 | 19 |
| 2013 | 23 | 32 |
| 2014 | 28 | 51 |
| 2015 | 39 | 59 |
| 2016 | 45 | 62 |
| 2017 | 56 | 75 |
| 2018 | 59 | 59 |
| 2019 | 89 | 51 |
| 2020 | 61 | 52 |
| 2021 | 45 | 23 |
| 2022 | 46 | 43 |
| 2023 | 30 | 12 |
| 2024 | 13 | 9 |
| 2025 | 4 | 8 |
| 2026 | 4 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method of fuel injection mode transitions for an internal combustion engine during cylinder activation and deactivation8 Sep 2026US 12,729,657 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Control device for internal combustion engine25 Aug 2026US 12,716,393 B2Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Polyhydroxyalkanoic acid compositions and methods for generating same10 Mar 2026US 12,571,012 B2Newlight Technologies, LLC
- Systems and methods for cylinder deactivation operation control10 Mar 2026US 12,571,354 B2Cummins Inc.
- Engine control systems and methods for starting an engine2 Dec 2025US 12,486,816 B2PACCAR Inc
- Multi-fuel engines and controls using hydrogen fuel substitution10 Sep 2026US 2026/0266232 A1Cummins Inc.
- System and method of fuel injection mode transitions for an internal combustion engine during cylinder activation and deactivation20 Aug 2026US 2026/0243214 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Engine control system for vehicle13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235085 A1Cummins Power Generation Inc.
- Method for defining cylinder torque demand during transitions in skip-fire engine operation14 May 2026US 2026/0132748 A1DAF Trucks N. V.
- Fuel consumption optimization system2 Apr 2026US 2026/0092572 A1Volvo Truck Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Internal combustion engine control for improved fuel efficiency214US 8,099,224 B2Tula Technology, Inc. · 2012
- Engine system and method accounting for engine misfire172US 7,086,386 B2Ford Global Technologies, LLC · 2006
- Method and system for output control of internal combustion engine170US 4,489,695 ANippon Soken, Inc. · 1984
- Engine with cylinder deactivation168US 6,023,929 AFord Global Technologies, LLC · 2000
- Engine operation using fully flexible valve and injection events156US 5,117,790 ACaterpillar Inc. · 1992