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US 2016/0069230 A1Published application
System and method for preventing sticking of continuous variable valve timing locking-pin
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsHyun KIM, Sung Joo KIM
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Abstract
A method of preventing sticking of a CVVT locking pin includes a condition determining step that determines whether a CVVT operation condition is satisfied, an locking-pin unlocking step that unlocks a locking-pin before the CVVT is operated, and a CVVT operating step that operates the CVVT, and a system for preventing sticking of a CVVT locking pin.
Claims7
A method of preventing sticking of a CVVT locking pin, the method comprising:
- a condition determining step that determines, by a determiner, whether a CVVT operation condition is satisfied;
- an locking-pin unlocking step that unlocks, by a controller, a locking-pin before the CVVT is operated;
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- a CVVT operating step that operates, by the controller, the CVVT.
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A system for preventing sticking of a CVVT locking pin, comprising:
- a determiner that determines whether a CVVT operation condition is satisfied;
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- a controller that unlocks the locking-pin before the CVVT is operated and then operates the CVVT, when the CVVT operation condition is satisfied.
A system for preventing sticking of a CVVT locking pin, comprising:
- a controller that determines whether a CVVT operation condition is satisfied, and unlocks the locking-pin before the CVVT is operated and then operates the CVVT, when the CVVT operation condition is satisfied.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.