US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Toyota Jidosha on Oct. 27 for "Vehicle step with an integrated pop-up handle" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,951, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle step with an integrated pop-up handle" was invented by Paxton S. Williams (Milan, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods described herein relate to using multimodal foundation models. In one embodiment, a method includes adjusting a height of a handle shaft by rotation of a main shaft, wherein an upper portion of the main shaft is rotatably coupled to the handle shaft and rotating a step member providing a stepping surface between a retracted position an...