US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Nov. 4 for "Apparatus, system, and method for automating parts delivery" (Kentucky, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,735, issued on Nov. 4, 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 delivery" 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 delivering a part to another system. An apparatus in...