Engine with variable valve mechanism

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9080502
APP PUB NO 20130104540A1
SERIAL NO

13807639

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An engine includes a variable valve mechanism capable of switching a valve characteristic to a first valve characteristic according to which at least one of an operation of pre-opening an intake valve during an exhaust stroke prior to a valve opening time in an intake stroke and an operation of re-opening an exhaust valve during the intake stroke subsequently to the opening/closing thereof during the exhaust stroke is performed, and to a second valve characteristic according to which neither the pre-opening of the intake valve nor the re-opening of the exhaust valve is performed. In the engine, when the valve characteristic is the first valve characteristic, if the presence of a request for switching to the second valve characteristic resulting from an increase in engine load is detected, a pressure reducing operation for reducing the pressure in an exhaust passage of the engine is performed.

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MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATIONHIROSHIMA 730-8670

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Jinno, Hiroyuki Hiroshima, JP 1 1
Kojima, Toshiyuki Tokyo, JP 71 454
Maruyama, Keiji Hiroshima, JP 55 648
Matsuo, Yuji Hiroshima, JP 47 337
Takaki, Kentaro Hiroshima, JP 7 14
Yamaguchi, Takayuki Hiroshima, JP 81 830

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