ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,226, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"System for reducing incomplete diagnostic test cycles" was invented by Stephanie R Beck (Pinckney, Mich.), Anthony N Gorney (Oxford, Mich.), Roger C Sager (Munith, Mich.) and Scott E Henson (Chelsea, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In at least some implementations, a method for initiating a test cycle in a vehicle diagnostic includes determining if vehicle operation parameters meet enablement criteria for a test cycle, determining a time to an impediment, comparing the time to the impediment to a duration of the test cycle, and initiating the test cycle w...