ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,862, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Leidos Industrial Engineers Ltd. (Wickford, Great Britain).
"Spring compression tool" was invented by Paul Edwin Kelly (Rochford, Great Britain) and Jonathan Stone (Goldhanger, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes an adaptive spring compression tool that streamlines and partially automates the joining of a vehicle suspension system with a vehicle body on an assembly line. The spring compression tool can be modified and programmed to accommodate various vehicle models, products, and design modifications without replacing the entire tooling system. Additio...