US 7,321,821 B2
Method of torque control for an engine with valves that may be deactivated
Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, Farmington Hills, Mich. (US); and John O. Michelini, Sterling Heights, Mich. (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC, Dearborn, Mich. (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/428,227.
Application 11/428227 is a division of application No. 10/805642, filed on Mar. 19, 2004, granted, now 7,072,758.
Prior Publication US 2006/0241847 A1, Oct. 26, 2006
Int. Cl. G06F 19/00 (2006.01); F02D 41/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 701—110  [123/478] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer readable storage medium having stored data representing instructions executable by a computer to control an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, said storage medium comprising:
instructions for determining inactive cylinder torque losses of said engine;
determining active cylinder torque losses of said engine; and
determining an engine torque loss by summing said inactive cylinder torque loss and said active cylinder torque loss.