ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,724, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ProcessChamp LLC (Columbus, Ohio).

"Systems and methods for mounting wheels to partially assembled vehicles in motion" was invented by George Ghanem (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for mounting wheels to partially assembled vehicles in motion using machine vision systems and artificial intelligence software are provided. Lug nut handling robots pick and place lug nuts at wheels for the vehicles. Wheel handling robots pick up the wheels and lug nuts, travel through the work area alongside the conveying subassembly at matched speed and position, and synchronousl...