US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on July 21 for "Conveyance system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,601, issued on July 21, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Conveyance system" was invented by Hirotaka Komura (Nagakute, Japan), Kunihiro Iwamoto (Nagakute, Japan), Yutaro Takagi (Nagakute, Japan) and Yuta Itozawa (Nagakute, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveyance system capable of reducing the risk of damage to a connector provided in a conveyance vehicle is provided. A conveyance system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a conveyance vehicle including a first connector, and a cargo bed including a second connector complementary to the first connector. The first connector is di...