ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,307, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Synchronization apparatuses and methods of use" was invented by David A. Britton (Florence, Ky.), Harrison W. Saunders (Georgetown, Ky.), Jeffrey W. DeBruler (Cynthiana, Ky.), Michael S. Haggan (Lexington, Ky.) and Jeffery S. Smith (Nicholasville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A synchronization device for synchronizing a hanging dolly assembly to a conveyor includes a first pole body assembly comprising a first pole body and a first spring that is configured to bias the firs...