US Patent Issued to Cummins on Oct. 21 for "Apparatuses, methods, and systems including engine high-speed starting capability" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,929, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Cummins Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Apparatuses, methods, and systems including engine high-speed starting capability" was invented by David B. Snyder (Greenwood, Ind.) and Ming-Feng Hsieh (Nashville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a vehicle including an engine includes suspending operation of the engine during operation of the vehicle including stopping fueling of the engine. The method includes accelerating the engine to a high-speed starting speed with fueling of the engine stopped and a cylinder decompression mechanism activated, the high-speed starting speed being gr...