US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Oct. 7 for "Work part delivery system and apparatus" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,374, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Work part delivery system and apparatus" 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 (Lexington, Ky.), Johnny O. Boarman IV (Frankfort, Ky.) and David A. Lajoice (Georgetown, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for delivering a work part to an assembly line worker using a dolly ...