ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,366, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K..

"Apparatuses, systems, and methods for process dolly synchronization with assembly line conveyors" was invented by Lloyd R. Holland (Georgetown, Ky.), Scottie L. Foster (Lawrenceburg, Ky.), Bradley J. Garcia (Louisville, Ky.), Michael C. Greenlee (Paris, Ky.), Jeffrey L. James (Mount Sterling, Ky.), Annetta L. Allen (Trenton, Mich.), Ronnie G. Kiser Jr. (Lexington, Ky.) and Andrew B. Novian (Winchester, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatus for a conveyor assembly. Th...