US Patent Issued to Eaton Intelligent Power on Feb. 17 for "Torsional vibration solutions for cylinder deactivation" (Michigan, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,399, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Torsional vibration solutions for cylinder deactivation" was invented by James E. McCarthy Jr. (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Barry T. Adams (Leo, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a 6-cylinder engine connected to a driveline including a transmission. The method includes: monitoring a rotational speed of a crankshaft of the 6-cylinder engine: monitoring a gear selection of the transmission; and operating the 6-cylinder engine in one of Order 3, Order 1.5 or Order 1 based on whether the selected Order avoids operating the 6-cylinder engine...