US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Toyota Jidosha on March 31 for "Shearing tool with closure assist" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,512, issued on March 31, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Shearing tool with closure assist" was invented by Yufei Zhu (Ypsilanti, Mich.), Brian J. Pinkelman (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Michael Paul Rowe (Pinckney, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shearing tool can be configured to provide closure assistance. The shearing tool can include a first portion and a second portion pivotably connected to each other. The first portion can include a handle portion and a working portion. The second portion can include a handle portion and a wo...