US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Toyota Jidosha on April 15 for "Vehicle door lubricant application systems and methods of applying lubricant to vehicle doors" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,293, issued on April 15, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle door lubricant application systems and methods of applying lubricant to vehicle doors" was invented by Michael J. Faulkner (Stanton, Ky.), Jarett M. McGeorge (Georgetown, Ky.), Aquiles N. Elgueta (Winchester, Ky.) and Logan H. Coomer (Berea, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door lubricant application system includes a pump connected to a fluid line that is connected to a fluid reservoir. The pump is configured to provide a preselected amount of a lubricant to ...