ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,816, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to PACCAR Inc (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Engine control systems and methods for starting an engine" was invented by Charles Wayne Reinhardt Swart (Bellingham, Wash.), Stephen Anthony Ciatti (Bellingham, Wash.) and Nick Hertlein (Bellingham, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An engine control system for a vehicle includes at least one processor; and a memory, operatively connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor and in response to receiving an engine start signal, cause the engine control system to perform a method, the method inclu...