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MULTI-CYLINDER ENGINE

  • US 20090248278A1
  • Filed: 04/01/2009
  • Published: 10/01/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A multi-cylinder engine capable of performing a selected cylinder operation in which combustion is stopped in some cylinders, the multi-cylinder engine comprising:

  • an ignition-timing adjustment section configured such that, when the engine is in a second state in which the number of operating cylinders is smaller than that in a first state, the ignition-timing adjustment section retards ignition timing of each operating cylinder from that in the first state.

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