ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,039, issued on May 19, was assigned to Stanley Robotics (Versailles, France).

"Method for loading a four-wheeled vehicle and associated transport conveyor" was invented by Aurelien Cord (Paris), Anthony Trouble (Chaville, France), Thomas Ravasi (Neuilly-sur-Marne, France) and Louis-Marie Dallen (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for loading a four-wheeled vehicle using a transporter comprising wedging arms that are arranged so as to be positioned on either side of the tread of a wheel of the vehicle to be loaded, and wheel clamping detection means, the method comprising the following steps: -a step of moving the transporte...