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Multiple cylinder engine management system

  • US 5,720,257 A
  • Filed: 10/18/1995
  • Issued: 02/24/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/18/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An internal combustion engine having a plurality of combustion chambers, an induction system for supplying an air charge to said combustion chambers, a charge forming system for supplying fuel to said combustion chambers for combustion therein, an ignition system for igniting the charge in said combustion chambers for effecting combustion therein, and means for controlling the speed of said engine at at least one running condition by controlling the system associated with at least some of said combustion chambers for precluding combustion therein while maintaining substantially even firing intervals between the combustion chambers and varying the specific combustion chambers which are disabled with time while maintaining the same number of running combustion chambers and maintaining substantially equal firing intervals between those running combustion chambers.

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