US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on July 14 for "Apparatus, system, and method for vehicle center console with removable retaining feature for a mobile device" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,288, issued on July 14, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Japan).

"Apparatus, system, and method for vehicle center console with removable retaining feature for a mobile device" was invented by Robert Porcs (Saline, Mich.), Francis Sagayaraj (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Jonathan J. Quijano (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses, systems, and methods include a vehicle center console including a first surface configured to receive a mobile device thereon and a second surface facing the first surface and having a removable mobile device ret...