ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,644, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to VOLVO TRUCK Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Vehicle deactivation control" was invented by Martin Wilhelmsson (Torslanda, Sweden), Linus Nordholm (Askim, Sweden) and Tobias Smidebrant (Gothenburg, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer system comprising a processor device is provided. The processor device is configured to receive a deactivation request to deactivate a heavy-duty vehicle. The processor device is further configured to determine a controlled partial deactivation instruction of at least one subsystem of the vehicle, wherein the controlled partial deactivation instruction is...