ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,422, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Justoy Pty Ltd. (New South Wales, Australia).

"Method and apparatus for handling components of a vehicle wheel assembly" was invented by Robert Ian Hedley (New South Wales, Australia) and Andrew Keith (New South Wales, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (10) for the installation/removal of a vehicular component (112), such as a wheel adaptor/spacer. The apparatus (10) includes a support structure (20) and a mounting head (40). The support structure (20) is height adjustable. The mounting head (40) includes an arm assembly (41) which is longitudinally extendable, and, which is...