US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Sept. 8 for "System and method of fuel injection mode transitions for an internal combustion engine during cylinder activation and deactivation" (Michigan, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,657, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"System and method of fuel injection mode transitions for an internal combustion engine during cylinder activation and deactivation" was invented by J. Michael Gwidt (Brighton, Mich.), Jeffrey M. Hutmacher (Fowlerville, Mich.), Mark Daniel Carr (Fenton, Mich.), Chinmay Avachat (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Brady Thomas Black (Elmer City, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method of operating an internal combustion engine (ICE) having a plurality of cylinders. The system includes port and direct fuel injectors configured to inject fuel...