US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Toyota Jidosha on Aug. 12 for "Apparatus, system, and method for calibrating a device by determining a reference point" (Kentucky Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,041, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Japan).

"Apparatus, system, and method for calibrating a device by determining a reference point" was invented by Joseph D. Gieske (Erlanger, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, systems, and methods for calibrating a device by determining a reference point for working on an object. An apparatus includes a pin member, a shell member, an elastic member, and a base member. The pin member includes a tip, a protrusion, a first mark, and a distal end. The shell member includes a second mark...