US Patent Issued to Permco on March 31 for "Virtual reality training simulator" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,164, issued on March 31, was assigned to Permco Inc. (Streetsboro, Ohio).

"Virtual reality training simulator" was invented by Brian Alan Corathers (Stow, Ohio), James Lancaster (Mantua, Ohio), Robert L. Shell III (Hudson, Ohio) and Robert L. Shell IV (Hudson, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A virtual reality (VR) system is provided for training a user to assemble a device in a virtual work area. The VR system sequentially displays an ordered list of steps by highlighting tools and locations in the virtual work area. The highlighted tools and locations indicate movement or processing of a component that is to be performed in the...