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Method for operating an internal combustion engine

  • US 7,581,531 B2
  • Filed: 07/17/2007
  • Issued: 09/01/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for operating an internal combustion engine having multiple cylinders, in which at least a partial set of the cylinders is temporarily shut off, the method comprising:

  • briefly introducing fuel into at least one of the shut off cylinders and combusting fuel in an at least substantially torque-neutral way during a cylinder shut off period, wherein the introducing of the fuel does not turn the at least one of the shut off cylinders back on.

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