Cylinder deactivation energy waste management

A system and method of controlling a cylinder deactivation mechanism can comprise executing a valve lift event configured to lift a valve via a rocker arm. The rocker arm can be configured with a controllable latch in a latched condition, wherein the controllable latch is configured with an edge tha...

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Hauptverfasser:	Nielsen, Douglas J, McCarthy, Jr., James E
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BLASTING COMBUSTION ENGINES CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL HEATING HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS LIGHTING MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STEAM ENGINES SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL, WITH COMBUSTIBLEMIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	A system and method of controlling a cylinder deactivation mechanism can comprise executing a valve lift event configured to lift a valve via a rocker arm. The rocker arm can be configured with a controllable latch in a latched condition, wherein the controllable latch is configured with an edge that is clamped in a recess in the rocker arm during the valve lift event, a clamp force supplied in part by pressure from the valve lift event. A deactivation signal can be sent to select the unlatched condition to collapse the controllable latch from the recess while the controllable latch is configured in the valve lift event with the edge clamped in the recess. A subsequent valve lift event can have actuation deactivated by collapsing the controllable latch from the recess once the valve lift event is complete and the clamp force is removed.