Cylinder deactivation via exhaust valve deactivation and intake cam retard

摘要

An arrangement of a four-cycle internal combustion engine is provided. The engine arrangement 8 has at least a first combustion chamber 12 with a reciprocating piston 15 mounted therein. The first combustion chamber or chambers have a cam-driven intake and exhaust poppet valves. At least a second combustion chamber 12 is provided. The second combustion chamber has a reciprocating piston 15 mounted therein. The reciprocating piston 15 of the second combustion chamber 12 has a top dead center position and a bottom dead center position. The second combustion chamber also has a cam 18 driven exhaust poppet valve 14 which can be selectively disabled to a closed position to deactivate the second combustion chamber. The second combustion chamber also has a variable phase cam 18 driven intake poppet valve 16 to selectively set the opening and closing operation of the intake valve 14 to be generally symmetric about one of the piston center positions.