Internal combustion engine
OwnerThomas Betz, Frank Duvinage +2inventors
InventorsThomas Betz, Frank Duvinage, Rudiger Pfaff, Heiko Sass
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Abstract
In an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders, some of which can be deactivated during operation of the engine, the cylinders which can be deactivated during operation are configured specifically for high load engine operation and have a lower compression ratio ε than the rest of the cylinders, which are configured specifically for low load engine operation.
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An internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders (2a, 2b. 2c, 2d, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) with some of said cylinders (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) being deactivatable during low load operation of said engine, said deactivatable cylinders (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) being configured specifically for high load engine operation and having a lower compression ratio (ε) than the rest of the cylinders (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d), which are configured specifically for low load engine operation.
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