US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Nov. 11 for "Apparatus, system, and method for automating parts unloading" (Kentucky, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,711, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Japan).

"Apparatus, system, and method for automating parts unloading" 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: "Apparatuses, systems, and methods for receiving a part from another system. An apparatu...