ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,550, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vision guidance system for mating a gearbox to a motor" was invented by Xujin Ling (Shanghai), Dawei Li (Shanghai), Zhongwei Lu (Shanghai) and Yi Ju (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vision guidance system for mating a first shaft having a male splined end and a second shaft having a female splined end. The vision guidance system may include a control device, a first camera having an anamorphic lens in communication with the control device and configured to generate images of the male splined end, a second camera having a conventional lens in communicat...