METHOD OF OPERATING AN IN-LINE SIX CYLINDER ENGINE IN A VEHICLE

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14568823

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An internal combustion engine having six in-line piston and cylinder assemblies providing a center pair, an intermediate pair and an outer pair, each pair having crankshaft connected pistons mounted in cylinders through simultaneous repetitive strokes four of which together constitute simultaneous repetitive cycles including a drive event injectors selectively (1) in a (Mode 1) to inject fuel in both cylinders and (2) in a (Mode 2) to inject fuel in only one cylinder, the cylinders of the center pair being intercommunicated by a passage. The effect of skipping an injection in (Mode 2) in the center pair is a pair of shared power drive events and in the other pairs the effect in one of the cylinders is a directly fired power drive shaft and the effect in the other cylinder is deactivation and a method of operating the engine in a vehicle.

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LIPPITT ENGINE LLC1108 SOUTH WALNUT DRIVE SMITHFIELD NC 27577

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lippitt, Raymond F Smithfield, US 19 552
Mason, Guy M Selena, US 2 20

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